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SWAY
Definition of SWAY
noun
The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
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Where it comes from
From earlier swey (“to fall, swoon”), from Middle English sweyen, from Old English *swǣġan (“to bend, bow”), from Proto-West Germanic *swaigijan, from Proto-Germanic *swaigijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₁- See also Saterland Frisian swooie (“to swing, wave, wobble”); also Lithuanian svai̇̃gti (“to become giddy or dizzy”), the second element of Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌-𐬱𐬑𐬎𐬀𐬑𐬙𐬀 (pari-šxuaxta, “to surround”), Sanskrit स्वजते (svájate, “he embraces, enfolds”). The noun derived from the verb.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SWAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SWAY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ASWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SWAY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found SWAY?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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