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ABSOLVE
Definition of ABSOLVE
verb
To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.).
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Where it comes from
First attested in the early 15th century. From Middle English absolven, from Latin absolvere (“set free, acquit”), from ab (“away from”) + solvō (“loosen, free, release”). Doublet of assoil.
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.
ABSOLVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 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
ABSOLVE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABELOSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ABSOLV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found ABSOLVE?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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