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OBSOLESCENT

/ɒbsəˈlɛsənt/11 letters

Definition of OBSOLESCENT

adjective

In the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin obsolēscēns.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

OBSOLESCENT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 119
Its one board, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
118
First board
1
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

bee

on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

OBSOLESCENT
11
Letters
4
Vowels
7
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

OBSOLESCENT starts with O and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BCEELNOOSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O, S and E appear more than once.

Words that start OBSOLES

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

OBSOLESCEOBSOLESCEDOBSOLESCESOBSOLESCINGOBSOLESCENCEOBSOLESCENCESOBSOLESCENTLY

Could you have found OBSOLESCENT?

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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.

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