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ABHOR
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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,595)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ABHOR · 2 relatives 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.
ABHOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 51 boards so far. 134 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
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.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found ABHOR?
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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