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OBEDIENCE

/ə(ʊ)ˈbiːdɪəns/9 letters

Definition of OBEDIENCE

noun

The quality of being obedient.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English obedience, from Anglo-Norman obedience, from Old French obedience (modern French obédience), from Latin oboedientia. Displaced native Old English hīersumnes (compare modern English hearsomeness). Cognate with obeisance.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

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Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its one board, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
113
First board
7
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First ever to find it

jplatt88

on Day 113, 10 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

OBEDIENCE
9
Letters
5
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

OBEDIENCE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCDEEEINO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start OBEDIE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.

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