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RECTILINEAR
Definition of RECTILINEAR
adjective
In a straight line.
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Where it comes from
From post-Classical Latin; either from rectilīneāris or from rectilīneus (whence rectiline) + -ar, in both cases ultimately deriving from rectus (“straight”) + līnea (“line”).
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.
RECTILINEAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RECTILINEAR starts with R and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEEIILNRRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R, E and I appear more than once.
Words that start RECTILI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RECTILINEAR?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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