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OUTWARD
Definition of OUTWARD
adjective
Outer; located towards the outside.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English outward, from Old English ūtweard, equivalent to out + -ward.
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.
OUTWARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
OUTWARD starts with O and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADORTUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start OUTWAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found OUTWARD?
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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