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ABEYANCE
Definition of ABEYANCE
noun
Expectancy; a condition when an ownership of real property is undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1528. From Anglo-Norman abeiance (“legal expectation”), from Old French abeance (“desire”) from abeër (“to gape at, aspire after”), abaer, abair (“to desire”), from a (“to”) + baër (“to gape”), bair (“yawn”), from Medieval Latin batō (“to yawn”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- Anglo-Norman
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,912)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ABEYANCE · 1 relative 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.
ABEYANCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 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
ABEYANCE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABCEENY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start ABEYAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found ABEYANCE?
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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