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ALBESCENT
Definition of ALBESCENT
adjective
Becoming white or whitish; moderately white.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
18th century. From Latin albescens, present participle of albescere (“to grow white”), from albus (“white”). By surface analysis, Latin alb(us) + -escent.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ALBESCENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALBESCENT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABCEELNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ALBESC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALBESCENT?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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