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OBVIATING
Definition of OBVIATING
verb
present participle and gerund 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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Other senses
OBVIATING carries 3 further meanings.
making impossible or unnecessary.
verb
Present participle of obviate.
adjective
made impossible
Word DNA
OBVIATING inherits its ancestry from its root, OBVIATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OBVIATE · 3 relatives in the game
OBVIATING in a sentence
“The most consequential naval actions up to that point had been on the Great Lakes, where both sides built fleets from scratch, obviating British superiority.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OBVIATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 103 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OBVIATING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ABGIINOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of OBVIATING. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start OBVIAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found OBVIATING?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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