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GOALWARD
Definition of GOALWARD
adverb
Toward a goal; toward the goal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From goal + -ward.
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.
GOALWARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 98, 26 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GOALWARD starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADGLORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start GOALWA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GOALWARD?
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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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