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OBLIGED
Definition of OBLIGED
adjective
Under an obligation to do something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
See oblige. Compare obligated.
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.
OBLIGED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OBLIGED starts with O and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDEGILO - 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 7
Could you have found OBLIGED?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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