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PATH
Definition of PATH
noun
A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English path, peth, from Old English pæþ (“path, track”), from Proto-West Germanic *paþ, from Proto-Germanic *paþaz (“path”). The Proto-Germanic term is possibly borrowed from Iranian, from Proto-Iranian *pántaHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pántaHs, from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s, from the root *pent- (“to pass”), but this is disputed. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Paad, Pad (“path”), West Frisian paad (“path”), Dutch pad (“path”), German Pfad (“path”), German Low German Padd (“path”), Luxembourgish Pad (“path”). Indo-Iranian cognates could be Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬃 (paṇtā̊, “way”), Old Persian 𐎱𐎰 (p-θ /paθi/), Hindi पथ (path), Sanskrit पन्था (panthā, “path”). See also English find. Doublet of panth.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PATH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 60, 19 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 42 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PATH starts with P and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AHPT - 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 PATH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found PATH?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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