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ACCUMBENT
Definition of ACCUMBENT
adjective
Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin accumbō (“recline”), from ad- (“to”) + *cumbō (“recline”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.9%
of traced words share this origin (9,038)
branch · 32.9% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ACCUMBENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACCUMBENT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABCCEMNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ACCUMB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACCUMBENT?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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