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ABORIGINES
Definition of ABORIGINES
noun
plural of aborigine
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin aborīginēs.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ABORIGIN · 1 relative 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.
ABORIGINES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABORIGINES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEGIINORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ABORIG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ABORIGINES?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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