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ABATIS
Definition of ABATIS
noun
A means of defense formed by felled trees, or sometimes by bent trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy, and more recently fortified with barbed wire.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French abatis, abattis (“mass of things beaten or cut down”), from abattre. See abate.
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.
ABATIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABATIS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABIST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ABATIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found ABATIS?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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