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ABEAR

/əˈbɛə/5 letters

Definition of ABEAR

verb

To put up with; to endure; to bear.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English aberen, from Old English āberan (“to bear, carry, carry away”), from ā- (“away, out”), a- + beran (“to bear”), from Proto-Germanic *uzberaną (“to bear off, bring forth, produce”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”), equivalent to a- + bear. Cognate with Old High German irberan, Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (usbairan).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ABEAR in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 122
Its 2 boards, across 122 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
61
First board
70
Latest board
9
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 70, 29 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 52 days.

First ever to find it

laloup

on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ABEAR
5
Letters
3
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

ABEAR starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AABER - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start ABEAR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ABEARSABEARING

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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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.

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