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ABOMASUS

/ˈæ.boʊˌmeɪ.səs/8 letters

Definition of ABOMASUS

noun

Alternative form of abomasum.

ABOMASUM

noun

The fourth digestive compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant, after the omasum;the lining of said compartment, considered as a foodstuff.

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Word DNA

ABOMASUS inherits its ancestry from its root, ABOMASUM.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (25,613)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

noun4 syllablescompoundab-

Same root, ABOMASUM · 2 relatives in the game

ABOMASIABOMASUM

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Rarity score
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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.

ABOMASUS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 169
Its one board, across 169 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
162
First board
7
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First found by a player on Day 162, 29 October 2026.

Built from these letters

ABOMASUS
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start ABOMAS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ABOMASABOMASAABOMASIABOMASALABOMASUM

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