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ABOLITIONARY
Definition of ABOLITIONARY
adjective
Relating to or favoring abolition.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From abolition + -ary.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ABOLITION · 2 relatives 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.
ABOLITIONARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 86, 14 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABOLITIONARY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AABIILNOORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, O and I appear more than once.
Words that start ABOLITIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ABOLITIONARY?
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 86 - and most players walked straight past it.
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