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NOWAY
Definition of NOWAY
adverb
In no manner or degree; not at all; nowise; no way.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English no way, no wey, no weye, na wai, equivalent to no + way; compare nowise, -wards.
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.
NOWAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NOWAY starts with N and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ANOWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found NOWAY?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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