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ABIDANCE
Definition of ABIDANCE
noun
The act of abiding or continuing; abode; stay; continuance; dwelling.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English abiden, from Old English ābīdan (“wait”), from ā + bīdan (“to bide, remain”) + ance.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,971)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ABIDANCE · 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.
ABIDANCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 143, 10 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABIDANCE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABCDEIN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found ABIDANCE?
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 143 - and most players walked straight past it.
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