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ABSTAINERS
Definition of ABSTAINERS
noun
plural of abstainer
noun
One who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something, such as the use of alcohol or drugs, or one who abstains for religious reasons; one who practices self-denial.
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Word DNA
ABSTAINERS inherits its ancestry from its root, ABSTAIN.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,695)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ABSTAIN · 3 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.
ABSTAINERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABSTAINERS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABEINRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and S appear more than once.
Words that start ABSTAI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ABSTAINERS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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