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GUIDANCE
Definition of GUIDANCE
noun
The act or process of guiding.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From guide + -ance. Displaced native Old English lādtēowdōm.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GUIDANCE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GUIDANCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 123 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GUIDANCE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEGINU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found GUIDANCE?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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