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OBFUSCATORY
Definition of OBFUSCATORY
adjective
Tending to obfuscate; intended to conceal the truth by confusion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From obfuscate + -ory.
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.
OBFUSCATORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OBFUSCATORY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABCFOORSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start OBFUSCA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OBFUSCATORY?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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