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ABLATIVELY
Definition of ABLATIVELY
adverb
In an ablative manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ablative (“to carry away”) + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ABLATIVELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABLATIVELY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AABEILLTVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and L appear more than once.
Words that start ABLATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ABLATIVELY?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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