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SEAWAY
Definition of SEAWAY
noun
A lane or route at sea that is regularly used by ships; a sea lane or trade route.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English seewey, from Old English sǣweġ (“a seaway, a path through the sea”), equivalent to sea + way. Compare Saterland Frisian Seegong (“seaway, swell”), German Seegang (“seaway, swell”).
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.
SEAWAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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
SEAWAY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AAESWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
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 SEAWAY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found SEAWAY?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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