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ABACUS
Definition of ABACUS
noun
A table or tray scattered with sand which was used for calculating or drawing.
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Where it comes from
From Late Middle English abacus, abagus, agabus (“abacus; art of counting with an abacus”), from Latin abacus, abax (“sideboard or table with a slab at the top; slab at the top of a column; counting board, sand table; board for playing games”) (compare Late Latin abacus (“art of arithmetic”)), from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “slab, counting board; board covered with sand for drawing; plate; dice-board”). Doublet of abaque and abac. The plural form abaci is reinforced from Latin abacī.
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.
ABACUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ABACUS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABCSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ABACUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found ABACUS?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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