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OBLATE
Definition of OBLATE
noun
A person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order without religious vows or a lay member of a religious community.
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Where it comes from
From French oblat and its source, Ecclesiastical Latin oblātus (“person dedicated to religious life”), nominalization of oblātus, perfect passive participle of offerō (“to offer”); see -ate (noun-forming suffix).
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.
OBLATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 63 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 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 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OBLATE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABELOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start OBLATE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found OBLATE?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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