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OBLIQUITY
Definition of OBLIQUITY
noun
The quality of being oblique in direction, deviating from the horizontal or vertical; or the angle created by such a deviation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French obliquité, from Latin oblīquitās, from oblīquus (“oblique”). Corresponding to oblique + -ity.
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.
OBLIQUITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OBLIQUITY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BIILOQTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start OBLIQU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found OBLIQUITY?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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