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ANTEBELLUM
Definition of ANTEBELLUM
adjective
Of the time period prior to a war.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin ante bellum (literally “before the war”).
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
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% 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.
ANTEBELLUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
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
ANTEBELLUM starts with A and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ABEELLMNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found ANTEBELLUM?
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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