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ABLATED
Definition of ABLATED
verb
simple past and past participle of ablate
verb
To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
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Word DNA
ABLATED inherits its ancestry from its root, ABLATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ABLATE · 3 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.
ABLATED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 59 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABLATED starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AABDELT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found ABLATED?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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