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REFECTORIAN
Definition of REFECTORIAN
noun
One in charge of a refectory.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
REFECTORIAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REFECTORIAN starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEEFINORRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and E appear more than once.
Words that start REFECTO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found REFECTORIAN?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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