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ABDUCTING
Definition of ABDUCTING
verb
present participle and gerund of abduct
verb
To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
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Word DNA
ABDUCTING inherits its ancestry from its root, ABDUCT.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ABDUCT · 2 relatives 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.
ABDUCTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABDUCTING starts with A and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ABCDGINTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ABDUCT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found ABDUCTING?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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