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OBITUARIES
Definition of OBITUARIES
noun
plural of obituary
noun
A brief notice of a person's death, especially one published in a newspaper or other publication; also , the section of a newspaper where notices of deaths are published.
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Word DNA
OBITUARIES inherits its ancestry from its root, OBITUARY.
Line of descent
- Proto-Indo-European
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,623)
How it is built
Same root, OBITUARY · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OBITUARIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 149 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
OBITUARIES starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEIIORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start OBITUA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found OBITUARIES?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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