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OBVIATION
Definition of OBVIATION
noun
The act of obviating; deterrence or prevention.
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Other senses
OBVIATION carries 3 further meanings.
noun
The act of obviating, or the state of being obviated.
noun
The act of obviating, or the state of being obviated.
noun
the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively
Where it comes from
From Middle English obviacioun, from Medieval Latin obviātiō.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations 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, OBVIATION · 1 relative in the game
OBVIATION in a sentence
“This obviation of vengeance in Judges is prompted by”
The State of Things: Olaudah Equiano and the Volatile Politics of Heterocosmic Desire, 2006
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OBVIATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 79 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OBVIATION starts with O and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABIINOOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of OBVIATION. 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 18
Could you have found OBVIATION?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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