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ABUT
Definition of ABUT
verb
To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English abutten, from Medieval Latin abuttare and Old French abuter, aboter, abouter (“to touch at one end, to come to an end, aim, reach”), from Old French but (“end, aim, purpose”); akin to Old Norse butr (“piece of wood”). Equivalent to a- (“to”) + butt (“boundary mark”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,385)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ABUT · 9 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old Norse.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ABUT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 99 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ABUT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ABUT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found ABUT?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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