The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ABUTMENT
Definition of ABUTMENT
noun
The point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1644; engineering sense first attested in 1793. From Old French aboutement. Equivalent to abut + -ment.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,408)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ABUTMENT · 1 relative 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.
ABUTMENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABUTMENT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABEMNTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Could you have found ABUTMENT?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER