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ABUTS
Definition of ABUTS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative 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)
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Word DNA
ABUTS inherits its ancestry from its root, ABUT.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
16th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.7%
of traced words share this origin (211)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ABUT · 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.
ABUTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABUTS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found ABUTS?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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