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ABREACTION

/ˌæb.ɹiˈæk.ʃn̩/10 letters

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).

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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.

ABREACTION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 3 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
29
First board
58
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 58, 17 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 44 days.

First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.

Built from these letters

ABREACTION
10
Letters
5
Vowels
5
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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.

ABREACTABREACTSABREACTEDABREACTINGABREACTIVEABREACTIONS

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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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