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UNDERWAY
Definition of UNDERWAY
adverb
In motion, in progress; being done or carried out; on a journey.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Calque of Dutch onderweg (“underway”), equivalent to under- + way. Compare also German unterwegs.
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.
UNDERWAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
UNDERWAY starts with U and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADENRUWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UNDERW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found UNDERWAY?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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