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OBEDIENT
Definition of OBEDIENT
adjective
Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority; biddable.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English obedient, from Old French obedient, from Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”).
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.
OBEDIENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OBEDIENT starts with O and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BDEEINOT - 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.
Could you have found OBEDIENT?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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