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ABDICATING
Definition of ABDICATING
verb
present participle and gerund of abdicate
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Word DNA
ABDICATING inherits its ancestry from its root, ABDICATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ABDICATE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle English, Russian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ABDICATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABDICATING starts with A and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AABCDGIINT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start ABDICA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found ABDICATING?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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