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ABLATING

/əˈbleɪtɪŋ/8 letters

Definition of ABLATING

verb

present participle and gerund of ablate

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Tier
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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.

ABLATING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 110
Its 14 boards, across 110 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
14
Boards found on
43
First board
109
Latest board
24
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

katabasisSUPPORTER

on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ABLATING
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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.

ABLATIONABLATIVEABLATIONSABLATIVALABLATIVESABLATIVELYABLATITIOUS

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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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.

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