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OBLIGE
Definition of OBLIGE
verb
To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English obligen, from Old French obligier, obliger, from Latin obligō, obligāre, from ob- + ligō. Doublet of obligate, taken straight from Latin.
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.
OBLIGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OBLIGE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEGILO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OBLIGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found OBLIGE?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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