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OBLIGATION
Definition of OBLIGATION
noun
The act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English obligacioun, from Old French obligacion, from Latin obligatio, obligationem, from obligatum (past participle of obligare), from ob- (“to”) + ligare (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”).
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.
OBLIGATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
OBLIGATION starts with O and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABGIILNOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once.
Words that start OBLIGA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found OBLIGATION?
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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