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OBSCURE
Definition of OBSCURE
adjective
Dark, faint or indistinct.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English obscure, from Old French obscur, from Latin obscūrus (“dark, dusky, indistinct”), from ob- + *scūrus, from Proto-Italic *skoiros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-. Doublet of oscuro.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,201)
How it is built
Same root, OBSCURE · 6 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OBSCURE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 64 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
OBSCURE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCEORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 OBSCUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found OBSCURE?
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