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OBLITERATING
Definition of OBLITERATING
verb
present participle and gerund of obliterate
verb
To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OBLITERATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OBLITERATING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ABEGIILNORTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and T appear more than once.
Words that start OBLITERA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OBLITERATING?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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