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OTHERWISE
About OTHERWISE
OTHERWISE is a valid 9-letter word in OUTLIER, and one of the few with no English entry in Wiktionary - the dictionary a word game accepts is wider than the one an encyclopaedia keeps.
No definition is on file, so none is guessed at here.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OTHERWISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 84, 12 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OTHERWISE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEHIORSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start OTHERW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found OTHERWISE?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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