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ABATOR
Definition of ABATOR
noun
a person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From abate (“to enter without right after the owner dies and before the heir takes over”) + -or. From Anglo-Norman.
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.
ABATOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABATOR starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AABORT - 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 ABATOR?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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