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AWHILE

/əˈwaɪl/6 letters

Definition of AWHILE

adverb

For some time; for a short time.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Old English āne (“(for) a”) hwīle (“while”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

AWHILE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 109
Its 7 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
7
Boards found on
34
First board
105
Latest board
30
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.

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Built from these letters

AWHILE
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

AWHILE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEHILW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Could you have found AWHILE?

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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.

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