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ABLATE
Definition of ABLATE
verb
To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English ablat (“taken away”), from Latin ablātus, past participle of auferō (“to remove”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). First attested in the 1500s, it became obsolete by the early 1600s. Returned into use as a back-formation from ablation.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ABLATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABLATE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABELT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found ABLATE?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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