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ASCRIBE
Definition of ASCRIBE
verb
To regard as arising from a specified cause or source.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English ascriben, from Old French ascrivre (“inscribe, attribute, impute”), from Latin āscrībere (“to state in writing”), equivalent to a- + scribe.
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.
ASCRIBE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
ASCRIBE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCEIRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ASCRIB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found ASCRIBE?
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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