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HALFWAY
Definition of HALFWAY
adverb
Half of the way between two points.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English halfwey, from Old English healfweġ (“half-way”), equivalent to half- + way. Compare partway. Cognate with Saterland Frisian hoolfwais (“halfway”), Dutch halfweg (“halfway”), German halbwegs (“halfway”), Danish halvvejs (“halfway”), Swedish halvvägs (“halfway”).
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.
HALFWAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HALFWAY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AAFHLWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found HALFWAY?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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