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OBES
Definition of OBES
noun
plural of obe
OBE
noun
A particular subdivision of ancient Laconia.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OBES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 56 days.
First found by a player on Day 73, 1 August 2026.
Built from these letters
OBES starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OBES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OBES?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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