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ABLES
Definition of ABLES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of able
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Word DNA
ABLES inherits its ancestry from its root, ABLE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ABLE · 13 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.
ABLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 46 days.
Built from these letters
ABLES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABELS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found ABLES?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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