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HEADWARD
Definition of HEADWARD
adjective
Cutting backwards or upstream above the original source.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From head + -ward.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HEAD · 14 relatives 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.
HEADWARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 131, 28 September 2026.
Built from these letters
HEADWARD starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADDEHRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and D appear more than once.
Words that start HEADWA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEADWARD?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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