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ABECEDARIUS
Definition of ABECEDARIUS
noun
An acrostic poem in which the lines begin with the letters of the alphabet in sequence.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from New Latin abecedārius, from Late Latin. Doublet of abecedary.
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 (26,419)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ABECEDARIUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 163, 30 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 171, 7 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 163, 30 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABECEDARIUS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABCDEEIRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start ABECEDA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ABECEDARIUS?
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 163 - and most players walked straight past it.
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