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RECEIVE
Definition of RECEIVE
verb
To be given, sent, or paid something.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English receyven, from Old French receivre, from Latin recipere (“take back, accept, etc.”), from re- (“back”) + capiō (“to take”); see capacious. Compare conceive, deceive, perceive. Displaced native Middle English terms in -fon/-fangen (e.g. afon, anfon, afangen, underfangen, etc. "to receive" from Old English -fōn), native Middle English thiggen (“to receive”) (from Old English þiċġan), and non-native Middle English aquilen, enquilen (“to receive”) (from Old French aquillir, encueillir).
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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.
RECEIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 113, 10 September 2026.
Built from these letters
RECEIVE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEEIRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start RECEIV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
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