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ABDUCENT
Definition of ABDUCENT
adjective
Drawing away from the median axis of the body, as a muscle; see etymology abducting.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin abducō (“to lead away”).
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.
ABDUCENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 81, 9 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABDUCENT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABCDENTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ABDUCE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found ABDUCENT?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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