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ABSTERGE
Definition of ABSTERGE
verb
To make clean by wiping; to wipe away.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French and Middle French absterger or from Medieval Latin abstergēre (“wipe off or away”); formed from Latin abs- + tergeō (“to wipe off”).
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.
ABSTERGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 61, 20 July 2026.
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Built from these letters
ABSTERGE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEEGRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ABSTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ABSTERGE?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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