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ABNORMALS

9 letters

Definition of ABNORMALS

noun

plural of abnormal

ABNORMAL

adjective

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

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Word DNA

ABNORMALS inherits its ancestry from its root, ABNORMAL.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.7%

of traced words share this origin (3,825)

Hellenic

branch · 12.7% of traced words

How it is built

nouncompoundab-

Same root, ABNORMAL · 1 relative in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

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.

ABNORMALS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far.

Day 1Day 154
Its 6 boards, across 154 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
24
First board
148
Latest board
47
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.

Built from these letters

ABNORMALS
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start ABNORM

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ABNORMALS?

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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.

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