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TOWPATH
Definition of TOWPATH
noun
A path alongside a canal or river, originally for draft animals towing barges, now more often used as a footpath, nature trail, etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From tow + path.
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.
TOWPATH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TOWPATH starts with T and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AHOPTTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start TOWPAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TOWPATH?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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