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OBVIOUSLY
Definition of OBVIOUSLY
adverb
In an obvious or clearly apparent manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From obvious + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OBVIOUSLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Built from these letters
OBVIOUSLY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BILOOSUVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start OBVIOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OBVIOUSLY?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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