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OBLOID

6 letters

Definition of OBLOID

noun

oblong in three dimension(s)

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun

Same root, OBLOID · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

OBLOID in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 162
Its 2 boards, across 162 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
146
First board
157
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

sjmf

on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

OBLOID
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

OBLOID starts with O and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDILOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start OBLOID

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found OBLOID?

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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.

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