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FREEWAY
Definition of FREEWAY
noun
A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic running in two directions on one separate carriageway each
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Where it comes from
From free + way.
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.
FREEWAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 82, 10 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 40 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FREEWAY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEEFRWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FREEWA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found FREEWAY?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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