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ABILITY

/əˈbɪl.ə.ti/7 letters

Definition of ABILITY

noun

Suitableness.

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Where it comes from

First attested in the 1300s. From Middle English abilite (“suitability, aptitude, ability”), from Old French ableté, from Latin habilitās (“aptness, ability”), from habilis (“apt, fit, skillful, able”); equivalent to able + -ity.

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.

ABILITY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 109
Its 15 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
15
Boards found on
12
First board
109
Latest board
33
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.

Built from these letters

ABILITY
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ABILITY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABIILTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start ABILIT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ABILITIES

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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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.

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