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ABRIDGEMENT
Definition of ABRIDGEMENT
noun
Alternative form of abridgment.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From abridge + -ment.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ABRIDGEMENT · 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.
ABRIDGEMENT in OUTLIER
It has fitted 2 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 19, 8 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 122 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABRIDGEMENT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABDEEGIMNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ABRIDGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found ABRIDGEMENT?
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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.
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