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POLEWARD
Definition of POLEWARD
adjective
Towards a (north or south) pole.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pole + -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.
POLEWARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 44, 3 July 2026.
Built from these letters
POLEWARD starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADELOPRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found POLEWARD?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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