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ABLINGS

/ˈeɪ.blɪnz/7 letters

Definition of ABLINGS

adverb

Alternative form of aiblins.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Northern formation, from able + -lings.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ABLINGS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 111
Its 3 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
71
First board
109
Latest board
37
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 71, 30 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

turninglock

on Day 71, 30 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

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

ABLINGS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABGILNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

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 ABLING

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ABLINGS?

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 71 - and most players walked straight past it.

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