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ABBEY
Definition of ABBEY
noun
The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.
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Where it comes from
From A.D. 1250 in Middle English abbey, abbeye (“convent headed by an abbot”) (compare archaic English abbaye), itself borrowed from Old French abaïe, abbaïe, abeïe, abbeïe (Modern French abbaye) from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātia, from Classical Latin abbās (“abbot”). Doublet of abbacy and Opatija. See abbot.
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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.
ABBEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABBEY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABBEY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ABBEY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ABBEY?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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