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RECUSED
Definition of RECUSED
verb
simple past and past participle of recuse
verb
To reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.). Of a judge, juror, or prosecutor: to declare (oneself) unable to participate in a court case due to an actual or potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.
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Word DNA
RECUSED inherits its ancestry from its root, RECUSE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RECUSE · 5 relatives 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.
RECUSED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 66 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RECUSED starts with R and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEERSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found RECUSED?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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