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OBDURACY
Definition of OBDURACY
noun
The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From obdur(ate) + -acy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, OBDURACY · 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.
OBDURACY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OBDURACY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABCDORUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OBDURA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found OBDURACY?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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