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ABORTIVE
Definition of ABORTIVE
adjective
Produced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1382, with the meaning "causing stillbirth or miscarriage". From Middle English abortif, from Old French abortif, from Latin abortīvus (“causing abortion”), from aborior (“miscarry, disappear”), from ab (“amiss”) + orior (“appear, be born, arise”).
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.
ABORTIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 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
ABORTIVE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEIORTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ABORTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found ABORTIVE?
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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