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OBVIATE
Definition of OBVIATE
verb
To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
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Where it comes from
First attested in 1567; borrowed from Latin obviātus, perfect passive participle of obviō (“to block, to hinder”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OBVIATE · 3 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.
OBVIATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 355 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OBVIATE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEIOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OBVIAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found OBVIATE?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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