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RECLUSE
Definition of RECLUSE
adjective
Sequestered; secluded, isolated.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French reclus, past participle of reclure, from Latin reclūdere (“to disclose, to open”), from re- + claudō (“close”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,595)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RECLUSE · 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.
RECLUSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 190 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RECLUSE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEELRSU - 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 RECLUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found RECLUSE?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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