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ATABEG
Definition of ATABEG
noun
A high medieval Turkish feudal title, originally charged with the caretaking and mentoring of the realm's crown prince.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آتابك (atabeg) (modern Turkish atabey), first used by the Seljuks, from آتا (ata, “father”) and بك (beg, “prince”).
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.
ATABEG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 99, 27 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ATABEG starts with A and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AABEGT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found ATABEG?
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 99 - and most players walked straight past it.
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