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ABSORBENCY

/æbˈsɔɹ.bn̩.si/10 letters

Definition of ABSORBENCY

noun

The quality of being absorbent.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From absorbance + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

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Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 111
Its one board, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
110
First board
1
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

theladydebra

on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ABSORBENCY
10
Letters
3
Vowels
7
Consonants
9
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ABSORBENCY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABBCENORSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once.

Words that start ABSORB

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ABSORBABSORBSABSORBEDABSORBERABSORBANTABSORBATEABSORBENTABSORBERSABSORBINGABSORBABLEABSORBANCEABSORBANCY

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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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.

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