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LIFEWAY
Definition of LIFEWAY
noun
One's path through life; a lifestyle or behaviour, now especially when seen as traditional.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English *lif-wei (attested as lifes wege, lives wegas), from Old English līfweġ. By surface analysis, life + way.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,849)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LIFEWAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LIFEWAY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEFILWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LIFEWA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found LIFEWAY?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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