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ABSCONDER
Definition of ABSCONDER
noun
A person who absconds.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
ABSCONDER carries 3 further meanings.
noun
One who absconds.
noun
One who absconds.
noun
a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution
Where it comes from
From abscond + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
ABSCONDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 48 boards so far. 128 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABSCONDER starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABCDENORS - 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 20
Could you have found ABSCONDER?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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