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BYLANE
Definition of BYLANE
noun
A secondary lane.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From by- + lane.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BYLANE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BYLANE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 56 days.
Built from these letters
BYLANE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABELNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found BYLANE?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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