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SIDEWAYS
Definition of SIDEWAYS
adjective
Moving or directed toward one side.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From side + -ways.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SIDEWAY · 1 relative 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.
SIDEWAYS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 59 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SIDEWAYS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEISSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S 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 SIDEWA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SIDEWAYS?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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