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SUBWAY
Definition of SUBWAY
noun
An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sub- + way.
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.
SUBWAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 60, 19 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 42 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SUBWAY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABSUWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SUBWAY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found SUBWAY?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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