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REFLECTION
Definition of REFLECTION
noun
The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English refleccion, refleccioun, refleccioune, reflection, from Middle French reflection, reflexion, and its source Late Latin reflexiō, from the participle stem of reflectō. The current spelling is influenced by reflect. Equivalent to reflect + -ion.
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.
REFLECTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
REFLECTION starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEEFILNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start REFLEC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found REFLECTION?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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