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PRELECTION

/pɹɪˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/10 letters

Definition of PRELECTION

noun

A public lecture or reading, especially delivered at a college or university.

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Where it comes from

From the stem of Latin praelēctiō (“the act of reading aloud to others”), from the perfect participle stem of praelegō (“read something to others”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PRELECTION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 119
Its one board, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
118
First board
1
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

rupert

on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PRELECTION
10
Letters
4
Vowels
6
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

PRELECTION starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEEILNOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start PRELEC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PRELECTPRELECTSPRELECTEDPRELECTORPRELECTINGPRELECTORSPRELECTIONS

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OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 118 - and most players walked straight past it.

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