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ABANDON
Definition of ABANDON
verb
To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English abandounen, from Old French abandoner, formed from a (“at, to”) + bandon (“jurisdiction, control”), from Late Latin bannum (“proclamation”), bannus, bandum, from Frankish *ban, *bann, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to proclaim, command”) (whence English ban), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”). See also ban, banal. Displaced Middle English forleten (“to abandon”), from Old English forlǣtan, anforlǣtan; see forlet; and Middle English forleven (“to leave behind, abandon”), from Old English forlǣfan; see forleave. Compare typologically abdicate, Russian отказа́ться (otkazátʹsja) (akin to приказа́ть (prikazátʹ), сказа́ть (skazátʹ), указа́ть (ukazátʹ)).
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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.
ABANDON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABANDON starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AABDNNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and N appear more than once.
Words that start ABANDO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ABANDON?
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