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ABLATION
Definition of ABLATION
noun
A carrying or taking away; removal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Late Middle English ablacioun (“removal”), from Late Latin ablātiō (“a taking away”), from auferō (“to take away, carry off, withdraw, remove”) + -tiō (“-tion”, nominal suffix). Doublet of ablatio. Compare French ablation. By surface analysis, ablat(e) + -ion.
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.
ABLATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 100 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABLATION starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AABILNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ABLATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found ABLATION?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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