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OBLIGES
Definition of OBLIGES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of oblige
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Word DNA
OBLIGES inherits its ancestry from its root, OBLIGE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OBLIGE · 11 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OBLIGES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OBLIGES starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEGILOS - 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 26
Could you have found OBLIGES?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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