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ADSORB
Definition of ADSORB
verb
To accumulate on a surface, by adsorption.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French adsorber, from Latin ad- (“to”) + sorbeō (“suck in”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ADSORB · 4 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.
ADSORB in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 59 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ADSORB starts with A and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read ABDORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ADSORB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found ADSORB?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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