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ABNORMAL

/ˌæbˈnɔː.məl/8 letters

Definition of ABNORMAL

adjective

Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.

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Where it comes from

From ab- + normal. First attested in 1835, replacing the earlier anormal and even earlier abnormous, from Latin abnormis (“departing from normal”), from either ab- (“away from”) + norma (“rule, norm”), or Ancient Greek ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

ABNORMAL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 13 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
13
Boards found on
13
First board
99
Latest board
17
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.

Built from these letters

ABNORMAL
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ABNORMAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AABLMNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

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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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.

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