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OBSIDIAN
Definition of OBSIDIAN
noun
A type of naturally occurring black glass produced by volcanoes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin obsidianus; named after Obsidius, who was, according to Pliny, the Roman who discovered the stone in Aethiopia.
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.
OBSIDIAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 52 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OBSIDIAN starts with O and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABDIINOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
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 OBSIDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found OBSIDIAN?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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