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OBTUND
Definition of OBTUND
verb
To reduce the edge or effects of; to mitigate; to dull.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Latin obtundere (“to dull", "deaden", "deafen”), from ob- (see ob-) + tundere. More at obtuse.
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.
OBTUND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OBTUND starts with O and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDNOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OBTUND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found OBTUND?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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