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ABOMINATE
Definition of ABOMINATE
adjective
Abominable; detested.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1644. Perhaps a back-formation from abomination. Alternatively, perhaps from Late Latin abōminātus, past participle of abōminarī (“to deprecate as an ill omen”), from ab + ominari (“to forebode, presage”), from omen.
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.
ABOMINATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABOMINATE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABEIMNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ABOMIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found ABOMINATE?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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