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ABACTERIAL
Definition of ABACTERIAL
adjective
Not caused by bacteria; characterized by a lack of bacteria.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From a- (“without”) + bacterial.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
ABACTERIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
Built from these letters
ABACTERIAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAABCEILRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found ABACTERIAL?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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