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OBOLARY

/ˈɒbələɹi/7 letters

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).

Rarity score
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Tier
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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 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its one board, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
72
First board
30
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.

First ever to find it

indridcold

on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

OBOLARY
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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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