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OBSERVANCY
Definition of OBSERVANCY
noun
Obsolete form of observance.
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Word DNA
OBSERVANCY inherits its ancestry from its root, OBSERVANCE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OBSERVANCE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OBSERVANCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 116, 13 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OBSERVANCY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABCENORSVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OBSERV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OBSERVANCY?
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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