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WESTWARDS

9 letters

Definition of WESTWARDS

adverb

westward, towards the west

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From west + -wards.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

WESTWARDS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 112
Its one board, across 112 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
90
First board
22
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.

First ever to find it

sandz

on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

WESTWARDS
9
Letters
2
Vowels
7
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

WESTWARDS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADERSSTWW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. W and S appear more than once.

Words that start WESTWA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

WESTWARDWESTWARDLY

Could you have found WESTWARDS?

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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