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PATHWAY
Definition of PATHWAY
noun
A footpath or other path or track.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English pathwei, equivalent to path + way. Cognate with German Pfadweg, Afrikaans padweg.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,116)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PATHWAY · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Afrikaans, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PATHWAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PATHWAY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AAHPTWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found PATHWAY?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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