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MIDWAY
Definition of MIDWAY
noun
The middle; the midst.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English mydwaye, mydweye, from Old English midweġ (“midway”), equivalent to mid- + way. Cognate with Dutch midweg (“midway”), Middle Low German midwech (“midway”).
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.
MIDWAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
MIDWAY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADIMWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found MIDWAY?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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