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BYWAY
Definition of BYWAY
noun
A road or track not following a main route; a secondary or minor road or path.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English bywey, equivalent to by- + way.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,116)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
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.
BYWAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 57 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BYWAY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABWYY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. Y appears more than once.
Words that start BYWAY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BYWAY?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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