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RECLOSE
Definition of RECLOSE
verb
To close or be closed after having previously been opened.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From re- + close.
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.
RECLOSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 96, 24 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RECLOSE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEELORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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 RECLOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RECLOSE?
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 96 - and most players walked straight past it.
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