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BOARDWALK

/ˈbɔːd.wɔːk/9 letters

Definition of BOARDWALK

noun

A slightly elevated path (walkway) for pedestrians over sandy or swampy ground, typically made out of wood; specifically one running alongside a body of water or beach.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From board + walk.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
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.

BOARDWALK in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 2 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
26
First board
97
Latest board
71
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

michelle

on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BOARDWALK
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

BOARDWALK starts with B and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AABDKLORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start BOARDW

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found BOARDWALK?

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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.

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