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RECLINATE

9 letters

Definition of RECLINATE

adjective

bent downward, so that the point is lower than the base.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin reclīnātus, past participle of reclīnāre (“to bend or lean back”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

33%

of traced words share this origin (9,424)

Italic

branch · 33% of traced words

How it is built

adjective

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

RECLINATE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 140
Its one board, across 140 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
137
First board
3
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

hedswillroll

on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

RECLINATE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

RECLINATE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEILNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start RECLIN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

RECLINERECLINEDRECLINERRECLINESRECLINERSRECLININGRECLINABLERECLINATION

Could you have found RECLINATE?

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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.

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