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ADWARE
Definition of ADWARE
noun
A software application that includes advertisements, which are displayed while the software is running. Developers use adware as a source of income and to keep the costs of the software down (usually making it free). Some adware programs can include spyware.
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Where it comes from
From ad + -ware.
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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.
ADWARE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ADWARE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADERW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ADWARE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ADWARE?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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