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OBSERVANCE
Definition of OBSERVANCE
noun
The practice of complying with a law, custom, command or rule.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French observance, from Latin observantia. Equivalent of observe + -ance.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OBSERVANCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 125, 22 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 125, 22 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OBSERVANCE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCEENORSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start OBSERV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OBSERVANCE?
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 125 - and most players walked straight past it.
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