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RECORD

/ˈɹɛk.ɔːd/6 letters

Definition of RECORD

noun

An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English recorde, borrowed from Old French record, from recorder. See record.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Old French
  2. Middle English
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Old French

Deepest traced root

9th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

2.9%

of traced words share this origin (2,410)

Romance

branch · 12.8% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, RECORD · 5 relatives in the game

Every Old French word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

RECORD in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 168
Its 3 boards, across 168 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
139
First board
155
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.

First ever to find it

foxc87

on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

RECORD
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

RECORD starts with R and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEORR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R 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.

CORDER

Words that start RECORD

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

RECORDSRECORDEDRECORDERRECORDERSRECORDINGRECORDISTRECORDABLERECORDINGSRECORDISTSRECORDATIONRECORDATIONS

Could you have found RECORD?

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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.

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