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OBSTRUCTER
Definition of OBSTRUCTER
noun
Agent noun of obstruct: someone who obstructs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From obstruct + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, OBSTRUCT · 4 relatives 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.
OBSTRUCTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
Built from these letters
OBSTRUCTER starts with O and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BCEORRSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and R appear more than once.
Words that start OBSTRU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OBSTRUCTER?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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