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OBEDIENTIAL
Definition of OBEDIENTIAL
adjective
Of or related to obedience; or obedient.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin *obedientialis, from obēdientia + -ālis. Compare French obédientiel.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,444)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OBEDIENTIAL in OUTLIER
It has fitted 34 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 60, 19 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 81 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 113, 10 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OBEDIENTIAL starts with O and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ABDEEIILNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Words that start OBEDIEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found OBEDIENTIAL?
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