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TOWARD

/təˈwɔːd/6 letters

Definition of TOWARD

preposition

In the direction of.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English toward, from Old English tōweard, from Proto-West Germanic *tōward, equivalent to to + -ward. Cognate with Middle Low German tôwart, Middle Dutch toewaert (Modern Dutch toewaarts), Middle High German zuowart, zūwart (Modern German zuwärts). Compare also Middle English tilward, tillward (“toward”).

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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.

TOWARD in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 3 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
8
First board
98
Latest board
74
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.

First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.

Built from these letters

TOWARD
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

TOWARD starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADORTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start TOWARD

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

TOWARDSTOWARDLYTOWARDNESSTOWARDLINESSTOWARDLINESSES

Could you have found TOWARD?

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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.

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