The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
WAYS
Definition of WAYS
noun
plural of way
WAY
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Wayana.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WAYS in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 57 days.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WAYS starts with W and ends with S. 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.
Could you have found WAYS?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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