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ABRAID
Definition of ABRAID
verb
To wrench (something) out.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English abraiden, abreiden (“to start up, awake, move, reproach”), from Old English ābreġdan (“to move quickly, vibrate, draw, draw from, remove, unsheath, wrench, pull out, withdraw, take away, draw back, free from, draw up, raise, lift up, start up”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”) + *bregdaną (“to move, swing”), of uncertain further origin. Equivalent to a- + braid. Related to Dutch breien (“to knit”), German bretten (“to knit”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ABRAID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ABRAID starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AABDIR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ABRAID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found ABRAID?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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