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OBLATION
Definition of OBLATION
noun
The offering of worship, thanks etc. to a deity.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English oblacioun, from Old French oblacion, from Latin oblātiō (“offering”), from offerō (“to offer, present”). By surface analysis, oblate + -ion.
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.
OBLATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 42, 1 July 2026.
Built from these letters
OBLATION starts with O and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABILNOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
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 OBLATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found OBLATION?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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