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RECTORY
Definition of RECTORY
noun
Any of certain residences for clergy members.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French rectorie, from Medieval Latin rectoria. See rector.
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.
RECTORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 124, 21 September 2026.
Built from these letters
RECTORY starts with R and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEORRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start RECTOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RECTORY?
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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