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SABOTAGES
Definition of SABOTAGES
noun
plural of sabotage
noun
A deliberate action aimed at weakening someone (or something, a nation, etc) or preventing them from being successful, through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.
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Word DNA
SABOTAGES inherits its ancestry from its root, SABOTAGE.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,514)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SABOTAGE · 3 relatives 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.
SABOTAGES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SABOTAGES starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABEGOSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and A appear more than once.
Words that start SABOTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SABOTAGES?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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