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SIDEWARD
Definition of SIDEWARD
adjective
Toward a side.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From side + -ward. Compare Middle English liftsideward (“leftward”, adjective).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SIDE · 9 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SIDEWARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SIDEWARD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADDEIRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Words that start SIDEWA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SIDEWARD?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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