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RECITING
Definition of RECITING
verb
present participle and gerund 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.
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Word DNA
RECITING inherits its ancestry from its root, RECIT.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,155)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RECIT · 5 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.
RECITING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RECITING starts with R and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEGIINRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RECITI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found RECITING?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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