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OBELIA
Definition of OBELIA
noun
Any of various colonial marine hydroids of the genus Obelia.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ὀβελία (obelía, “a round cake”).
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.
OBELIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 116, 13 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OBELIA starts with O and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ABEILO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found OBELIA?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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