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OBSCURING
Definition of OBSCURING
verb
present participle and gerund of obscure
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Word DNA
OBSCURING inherits its ancestry from its root, OBSCURE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,259)
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.
OBSCURING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OBSCURING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BCGINORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OBSCUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found OBSCURING?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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