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RECOLLECTION
Definition of RECOLLECTION
noun
The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory.
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Where it comes from
Via French récollection or the verb recollect, both from Latin recollectus, the past participle of recolligere (“to collect again”), itself from re- + colligere (“to gather”).
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.
RECOLLECTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 118, 15 September 2026.
Built from these letters
RECOLLECTION starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CCEEILLNOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, C, O and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start RECOLLEC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RECOLLECTION?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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