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ABSTAIN
Definition of ABSTAIN
verb
Keep or withhold oneself.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested around 1380. From Middle English absteynen, absteinen, abstenen, from Old French astenir, abstenir, from Latin abstineō (“to hold oneself back”) from abs- (“from”) + teneō (“to hold”). See also tenable.
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.
ABSTAIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 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
ABSTAIN starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AABINST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ABSTAI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found ABSTAIN?
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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