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OBLATES
Definition of OBLATES
noun
plural 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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Another sense
OBLATES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of oblate.
Word DNA
OBLATES inherits its ancestry from its root, OBLATE.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OBLATE · 1 relative 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.
OBLATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 95 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OBLATES starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABELOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses 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 29
Could you have found OBLATES?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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