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ABACTOR
Definition of ABACTOR
noun
One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves; a cattle rustler.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Late Latin abactor (“cattle rustler”), from abigō (“drive away”); from ab (“from, away from”) + agō (“drive”).
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.
ABACTOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
ABACTOR starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AABCORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found ABACTOR?
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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.
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