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ABOLITION
Definition of ABOLITION
noun
The act of abolishing; an annulling; abrogation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French abolition, from Old French abolucion, a learned borrowing from Latin abolitiōnem. First attested in 1529. Equivalent to abolish + -tion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ABOLITION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 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
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABOLITION starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABIILNOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once.
Words that start ABOLIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found ABOLITION?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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