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RECUMBENTLY
Definition of RECUMBENTLY
adverb
In a recumbent manner; while lying down.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From recumbent + -ly.
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.
RECUMBENTLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
RECUMBENTLY starts with R and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BCEELMNRTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start RECUMBE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RECUMBENTLY?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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