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AHEAD
Definition of AHEAD
adverb
At or towards the front; in the direction one is facing or moving.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From a- + head. Perhaps originally a nautical term, beyond the head (of a ship), then drifting into more general English usage where it is used to describe something as being in front of.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
AHEAD in OUTLIER
It has fitted 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 112, 9 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 49, 8 July 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
AHEAD starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADEH - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found AHEAD?
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 112 - and most players walked straight past it.
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