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ABSCOND
Definition of ABSCOND
verb
To flee, often secretly; to steal away.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Either borrowed from Middle French abscondre or directly from Latin abscondō (“hide”); formed from abs, ab (“away”) + condō (“put together, store”), from con- (“together”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,633)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ABSCOND · 2 relatives 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.
ABSCOND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 62 boards so far. 188 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
ABSCOND starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABCDNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ABSCON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found ABSCOND?
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