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ABREACTION
Definition of ABREACTION
noun
The re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross.
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Where it comes from
Partial calque of German Abreagierung, from ab (“away from”) + Reagierung (“reaction”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,881)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ABREACTION · 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.
ABREACTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 42 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ABREACTION starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AABCEINORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ABREAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found ABREACTION?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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