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ABORTIVELY
Definition of ABORTIVELY
adverb
In an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From abortive + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ABORTIVE · 2 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.
ABORTIVELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ABORTIVELY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABEILORTVY - 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 14
Could you have found ABORTIVELY?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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