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ABOLISH

/əˈbɒl.ɪʃ/7 letters

Definition of ABOLISH

verb

To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.

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Where it comes from

From late Middle English abolisshen, from Middle French aboliss-, extended stem of abolir, from Latin abolēre (“to retard, check the growth of, (and by extension) destroy, abolish”), and inchoative abolēscere (“to wither, vanish, cease”).

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.

ABOLISH in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 7 boards so far.

Day 1Day 98
Its 7 boards, across 98 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
7
Boards found on
28
First board
97
Latest board
35
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.

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Built from these letters

ABOLISH
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start ABOLIS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ABOLISHEDABOLISHERABOLISHESABOLISHERSABOLISHINGABOLISHABLEABOLISHMENTABOLISHMENTS

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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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.

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