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ABHOR

/əbˈhɔː/5 letters

Definition of ABHOR

verb

To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

First attested in 1449, from Middle English abhorren, borrowed from Middle French abhorrer, from Latin abhorreō (“shrink away from in horror”), from ab- (“from”) + horreō (“stand aghast, bristle with fear”).

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.

ABHOR in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 56 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 99
Its 30 boards, across 99 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
30
Boards found on
13
First board
99
Latest board
14
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

batya

on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

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

ABHOR starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABHOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start ABHOR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ABHORSABHORREDABHORRERABHORRENTABHORRERSABHORRINGABHORRENCEABHORRENCYABHORRINGSABHORRENCESABHORRENTLY

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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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.

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