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ABLE
Definition of ABLE
adjective
Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English able, from Old Northern French able, variant of Old French abile, habile, from Latin habilis (“easily managed, held, or handled; apt; skillful”). Doublet of habile.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ABLE · 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.
ABLE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 102 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
ABLE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ABLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found ABLE?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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