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ABDICATION
Definition of ABDICATION
noun
The act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1552. From Latin abdicātiō (“renunciation”), from abdicō. By surface analysis, abdicate + -ion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,613)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ABDICATION · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ABDICATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABDICATION starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AABCDIINOT - 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 39
Could you have found ABDICATION?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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