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TOWARDS
Definition of TOWARDS
preposition
Alternative form of toward.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English towardes, from Old English tōweardes, tōwærdes, equivalent to toward + -s (adverbial suffix).
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.
TOWARDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TOWARDS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADORSTW - 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.
Could you have found TOWARDS?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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