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RECEPTION
Definition of RECEPTION
noun
The act of receiving.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English recepcion, reception, from Middle French reception, from Latin receptiōn- (“the act of receiving; reception”), from recipiō (“receive”), from re- (“back”) + capiō (“to hold”). Equivalent to receive + -tion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RECEPTION · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RECEPTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 5, 26 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RECEPTION starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEEINOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start RECEPT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found RECEPTION?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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