The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
OBTUNDS
Definition of OBTUNDS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of obtund
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.
OBTUNDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OBTUNDS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BDNOSTU - 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 41
Could you have found OBTUNDS?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER