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ABET
Definition of ABET
verb
To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English abetten, abette, from Old French abeter (“to entice”), from a- (“to”) + beter (“hound on, urge, to bait”), either from Middle Dutch bētan (“incite”) or from Old Norse beita (“to cause to bite, bait, incite”), from Proto-Germanic *baitijaną (“to cause to bite”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). Cognate with Icelandic beita (“to set dogs on; to feed”). Alternate etymology traces the Middle English and Old French words through Old English *ābǣtan (“to hound on”), from ā- + bǣtan (“to bait”), from the same source (Proto-Germanic *baitijaną). See also bait, bet.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,595)
How it is built
Same root, ABET · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic, Old English.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ABET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABET starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABET - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ABET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ABET?
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