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ABLATING
Definition of ABLATING
verb
present participle and gerund of ablate
verb
To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
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Word DNA
ABLATING 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
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ABLATE · 5 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.
ABLATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
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
ABLATING starts with A and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AABGILNT - 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.
Words that start ABLATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found ABLATING?
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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