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ROADWAY
Definition of ROADWAY
noun
A way used as a road.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English *rodeway, *radewey (attested in radewey-stile (literally “roadway-stile”)), equivalent to road + way; road had the early sense of "riding" when the compound was formed, thus originally "a way for riding on".
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.
ROADWAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 82, 10 August 2026.
Built from these letters
ROADWAY starts with R and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AADORWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found ROADWAY?
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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.
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