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OBLIVIOUS
Definition of OBLIVIOUS
adjective
Lacking awareness; unmindful; unaware, unconscious of.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English oblivious, from Latin oblīviōsus (“forgetful, oblivious”), formed from oblīvium (“forgetfulness, oblivion”) + -ōsus (“full of, overly, prone to”), from oblīvīscor (“to forget”).
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.
OBLIVIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OBLIVIOUS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BIILOOSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once.
Words that start OBLIVI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found OBLIVIOUS?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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