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RECOGNISE
Definition of RECOGNISE
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of recognize.
RECOGNIZE
verb
To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
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Word DNA
RECOGNISE inherits its ancestry from its root, RECOGNIZE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RECOGNIZE · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RECOGNISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
RECOGNISE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEGINORS - 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 RECOGN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found RECOGNISE?
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