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FOOTPATH
Definition of FOOTPATH
noun
Any set path or trail to be used by people walking.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English foot path, footpath; equivalent to foot + path. Compare Saterland Frisian Foutpaad (“footpath”), West Frisian fuotpaad (“footpath”), Dutch voetpad (“footpath”), German Low German Footpadd (“footpath”), German Fußpfad (“footpath”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FOOTPATH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOOTPATH starts with F and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AFHOOPTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FOOTPA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FOOTPATH?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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