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OBLIGATE
Definition of OBLIGATE
verb
To bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral tie.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1533; borrowed from Latin obligātus, perfect passive participle of obligō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of oblige, taken through French.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.5%
of traced words share this origin (24,890)
branch · 30.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OBLIGATE · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OBLIGATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 114 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OBLIGATE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEGILOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OBLIGA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found OBLIGATE?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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