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ABRI
Definition of ABRI
noun
a shelter; a cavity in a hillside; a shelter on the side of hill with an overhung rock as its roof
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French abri (“shelter”), from Old French abrier (“to shelter”), see below.
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.
ABRI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABRI starts with A and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read ABIR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ABRI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found ABRI?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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