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OBEYS
Definition of OBEYS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of obey
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Word DNA
OBEYS inherits its ancestry from its root, OBEY.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OBEY · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OBEYS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Built from these letters
OBEYS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found OBEYS?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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