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OBSOLETES

9 letters

Definition of OBSOLETES

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of obsolete

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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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.

OBSOLETES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 121
Its one board, across 121 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
118
First board
3
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

zubie223

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

Built from these letters

OBSOLETES
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start OBSOLE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

OBSOLETEOBSOLESCEOBSOLETEDOBSOLESCEDOBSOLESCESOBSOLETELYOBSOLETINGOBSOLETIONOBSOLETISMOBSOLESCENTOBSOLESCINGOBSOLETIONS

Could you have found OBSOLETES?

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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