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LONGWISE
Definition of LONGWISE
adverb
Lengthwise; longways; lengthways.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From long + -wise.
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.
LONGWISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LONGWISE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGILNOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found LONGWISE?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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