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OBOLARY
Definition of OBOLARY
adjective
Possessing only small coins; impoverished.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From obolus + -ary.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
OBOLARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OBOLARY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABLOORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found OBOLARY?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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