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RECITE
Definition of RECITE
verb
To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English reciten, from Old French reciter, from Latin recitō.
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
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,888)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RECITE · 6 relatives 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.
RECITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RECITE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEIRT - 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 RECITE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RECITE?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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