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ABORD
Definition of ABORD
noun
The act of approaching or arriving; approach.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French abord, from aborder (“to aboard”).
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.
ABORD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 87, 15 August 2026.
Built from these letters
ABORD starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ABORD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ABORD?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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