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ADDUCTORS
Definition of ADDUCTORS
noun
plural of adductor
noun
A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body—opposed to abductor.
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Word DNA
ADDUCTORS inherits its ancestry from its root, ADDUCTOR.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.5%
of traced words share this origin (8,497)
branch · 32.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ADDUCTOR · 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.
ADDUCTORS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ADDUCTORS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDDORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ADDUCT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ADDUCTORS?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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