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ABLUTIONS
Definition of ABLUTIONS
noun
plural of ablution
noun
The act of washing something. Originally, the purifying of oils and other substances by emulsification with hot water; now more generally, a thorough cleansing of a precipitate or other non-dissolved substance. The act of washing or cleansing the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite. Washing oneself; bathing, cleaning oneself up. The rinsing of the priest's hand and the sacred vessel following the Communion with, depending on rite, water or a mix of it and wine, which may then be drunk by the priest. wudu, ritual washing of the limbs and head performed immediately before prayer or holding the Quran
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Word DNA
ABLUTIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, ABLUTION.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ABLUTION · 1 relative 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.
ABLUTIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 61 boards so far. 313 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABLUTIONS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABILNOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ABLUTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found ABLUTIONS?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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