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ABORTED
Definition of ABORTED
adjective
Stopped before completion; especially because of problems or danger.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From abort + -ed.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ABORT · 4 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.
ABORTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABORTED starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDEORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ABORTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found ABORTED?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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