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ABDUCTS
Definition of ABDUCTS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative 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
ABDUCTS inherits its ancestry from its root, ABDUCT.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% 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.
ABDUCTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ABDUCTS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCDSTU - 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 ABDUCTS?
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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