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REFECTION
Definition of REFECTION
noun
Mental or spiritual refreshment.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French réfection, from Latin refectiōnem, accusative singular of refectiō (“recovery, refection”), from reficiō (“restore, renew”).
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.
REFECTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 81, 9 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 81, 9 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REFECTION starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEEFINORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start REFECT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found REFECTION?
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 81 - and most players walked straight past it.
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