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RECENT
Definition of RECENT
adjective
Having happened a short while ago.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin recēns (genitive recentis).
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.
RECENT in OUTLIER
It has fitted 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RECENT starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEENRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RECENT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 3
Could you have found RECENT?
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 3 - and most players walked straight past it.
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