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GUIDEWAYS
Definition of GUIDEWAYS
noun
plural of guideway
noun
A track along which something is guided, such as a component in a machine, or an automated transit vehicle.
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Word DNA
GUIDEWAYS inherits its ancestry from its root, GUIDEWAY.
How it is built
Same root, GUIDEWAY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GUIDEWAYS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 143, 10 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GUIDEWAYS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEGISUWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GUIDEW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GUIDEWAYS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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