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OBREPTION

/əbˈɹɛpʃən/9 letters

Definition of OBREPTION

noun

The act of creeping upon with secrecy or by surprise.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin obreptio, from obrepo, obreptum (“to creep up to”), from ob (see prefix ob-) + repo (“to creep”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

OBREPTION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 2 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
66
First board
72
Latest board
6
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 66, 25 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.

First ever to find it

shaven

on Day 66, 25 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

OBREPTION
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start OBREPT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found OBREPTION?

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 66 - and most players walked straight past it.

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