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ABSOLUTORY
Definition of ABSOLUTORY
adjective
Serving to absolve; absolving; giving absolution.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin absolūtōrius, from absolvō (“absolve”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,912)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ABSOLUTORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABSOLUTORY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABLOORSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start ABSOLU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ABSOLUTORY?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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