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ABUTTAL
Definition of ABUTTAL
noun
The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; buttals.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From abut + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ABUTTAL · 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.
ABUTTAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABUTTAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AABLTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found ABUTTAL?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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