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OBFUSCATE
Definition of OBFUSCATE
verb
To make dark; to overshadow.
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Where it comes from
The adjective is first attested in 1487, in Middle English, the verb in 1536; either borrowed from Middle French obfusquer, offusquer, from Old French offusquer, or directly from Late Latin obfuscātus, offuscātus, the perfect passive participle of obfuscō, offuscō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin ob- + fuscō (“to darken”). Doublet of dusken (“to darken, make obscure”).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,450)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OBFUSCATE · 5 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.
OBFUSCATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 82 boards so far. 375 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 178, 14 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
OBFUSCATE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCEFOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OBFUSC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
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