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ATABEKS
Definition of ATABEKS
noun
plural of atabek
ATABEG · via atabek
noun
A high medieval Turkish feudal title, originally charged with the caretaking and mentoring of the realm's crown prince.
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Word DNA
ATABEKS inherits its ancestry from its root, ATABEK.
Line of descent
- Turkish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
32nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (178)
branch · 0.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ATABEK · 1 relative 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.
ATABEKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 136, 3 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ATABEKS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABEKST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ATABEK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ATABEKS?
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 136 - and most players walked straight past it.
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