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RACEWALKING
Definition of RACEWALKING
noun
A sport in which people try to walk as fast as possible, subject to the constraint that at least one foot must be on the ground at all time (or else they would be running).
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Where it comes from
From race + walking.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, RACEWALK · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RACEWALKING in OUTLIER
It has fitted 22 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 59, 18 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 84 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RACEWALKING starts with R and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AACEGIKLNRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start RACEWAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found RACEWALKING?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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