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OBITUARY
Definition 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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Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin obituārius (“obituary”) + English -ary (suffix denoting something relating to another thing or used in a place). Obituārius is derived from Latin obitus (“act of approaching or going toward, an approach; act of going down, setting; of the sun: sunset; death; destruction, downfall, ruin”) + -ārius (suffix forming adjectives and agent nouns); while obitus is a noun use of the perfect passive participle of obeō (“to go to meet, go towards; (figurative) to die, pass away, perish; (astronomy) to set”), from ob- (prefix meaning ‘toward’) + eō (“to go, move”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OBITUARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 64 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OBITUARY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABIORTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OBITUA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found OBITUARY?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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