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PRELECTION
Definition of PRELECTION
noun
A public lecture or reading, especially delivered at a college or university.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
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).
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.
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
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
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.
Could you have found PRELECTION?
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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