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ABRIDGMENT
Definition of ABRIDGMENT
noun
The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1494. From Middle English abrygement, from Middle French abrégement. Equivalent to abridge + -ment.
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.
ABRIDGMENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABRIDGMENT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABDEGIMNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ABRIDG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ABRIDGMENT?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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