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AWKWARD
Definition of AWKWARD
adjective
Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands or of tools.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From awk (“odd, clumsy”) + -ward. Compare Middle English aukeward (“in the wrong direction”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, AWKWARD · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AWKWARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AWKWARD starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADKRWW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and W appear more than once.
Words that start AWKWAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AWKWARD?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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