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RECOLLECTION

/ɹɛkəˈlɛkʃən/12 letters

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).

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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.

Day 1Day 119
Its one board, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
118
First board
1
Days since seen

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
12
Letters
5
Vowels
7
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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.

RECOLLECTRECOLLECTSRECOLLECTEDRECOLLECTINGRECOLLECTIONS

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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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