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OBTURATES
Definition of OBTURATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of obturate
verb
To block up or obstruct. To stop up (a gun breech) so as to prevent the escape of gas when firing.
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Word DNA
OBTURATES inherits its ancestry from its root, OBTURATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,424)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OBTURATE · 2 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.
OBTURATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OBTURATES starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEORSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start OBTURA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OBTURATES?
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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