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WORKADAY
Definition of WORKADAY
adjective
Suitable for everyday use.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Middle English werkedei, from Old Norse virkr dagr (“working day”). Cognate to later workday; see work and day. Used in adjective sense from 16th century. By surface analysis, work + -a- + day. First attested in c. 1200.
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.
WORKADAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WORKADAY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AADKORWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found WORKADAY?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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