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RECON
Definition of RECON
noun
reconnaissance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Contracted form of reconnaissance.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, RECON · 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.
RECON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RECON starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CENOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RECON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found RECON?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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