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RELIGION

/ɹɪˈlɪd͡ʒ.ən/8 letters

Definition of RELIGION

noun

Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least one deity), accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English religioun, from Old French religion, from Latin religiō (“scrupulousness, pious misgivings, superstition, conscientiousness, sanctity, an object of veneration, cult-observance, reverence”). Most likely from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂leg- with the meanings preserved in Latin dīligere and legere (“to read repeatedly”, “to have something solely in mind”). Displaced Old English ǣfæstnes (“religion, lawfulness”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

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Players have found it on 8 boards so far.

Day 1Day 100
Its 8 boards, across 100 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
8
Boards found on
6
First board
99
Latest board
24
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.

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Built from these letters

RELIGION
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

RELIGION starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EGIILNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

LIGROINEREOILING

Words that start RELIGI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

RELIGIEUXRELIGIONSRELIGIOSERELIGIOSORELIGIOUSRELIGIEUSERELIGIONERRELIGIEUSESRELIGIONARYRELIGIONERSRELIGIONISERELIGIONISM

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