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OBTURATING
Definition of OBTURATING
verb
present participle and gerund of obturate
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
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OBTURATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 120, 17 September 2026.
Built from these letters
OBTURATING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ABGINORTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start OBTURA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OBTURATING?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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