outward
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 7
/ˈaʊt.wɚd/
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/ˈaʊt.wɚd/ · /ˈaʊt.wəd/ · /aʊtˈwɔɹd/ · /aʊtˈwɔːd/
Definition of outward
9 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- Outer; located towards the outside.
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adj
- Outer; located towards the outside.
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Visible, noticeable.
“By all outward indications, he's a normal happy child, but if you talk to him, you will soon realize he has some psychological problems.”
“Noble and milde this Perſean ſeemes to be, If outward habit Iudge the inward man.”
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Tending to the exterior or outside.
“The fire will force its outward way.”
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(obsolete)Foreign; not civil or intestine.
“an outward war”
adv
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Towards the outside; away from the centre.
“We are outward bound.”
“The wrong side may be turned outward.”
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(obsolete)Outwardly, in outer appearances; publicly.
“ANd thenne the quene lete make a preuy dyner in london vnto the knyȝtes of the round table / and al was for to shewe outward that she had as grete Ioye in al other knyghtes of the table round as she had in sir launcelot / al only at that dyner she had sir Gawayne and his bretheren”
- Away from home.
verb
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(obsolete, rare)To ward off; to keep out.
“Ne any armour could his dint out-ward; / But wheresoever it did light, it throughly shard.”
noun
- A ward in a detached building connected with a hospital.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English outward, from Old English ūtweard, equivalent to out + -ward.
Words you can make from outward
93 playable · top: OUTDRAW (11 pts)
Best play outdraw 11 points6-letter words
2 words5-letter words
2 words4-letter words
33 words- DAWT 8 pts
- DRAW 8 pts
- WARD 8 pts
- WOAD 8 pts
- WORD 8 pts
- TROW 7 pts
- WART 7 pts
- WAUR 7 pts
- WORT 7 pts
- DART 5 pts
- DATO 5 pts
- DAUT 5 pts
- DOAT 5 pts
- DOUR 5 pts
- DOUT 5 pts
- DRAT 5 pts
- DURA 5 pts
- DURO 5 pts
- ORAD 5 pts
- ROAD 5 pts
- TOAD 5 pts
- TRAD 5 pts
- TROD 5 pts
- TURD 5 pts
- AUTO 4 pts
- OUTA 4 pts
- RATO 4 pts
- ROTA 4 pts
- ROUT 4 pts
- TARO 4 pts
- TORA 4 pts
- TOUR 4 pts
- TROU 4 pts
3-letter words
42 words- DAW 7 pts
- DOW 7 pts
- WAD 7 pts
- WUD 7 pts
- OWT 6 pts
- RAW 6 pts
- ROW 6 pts
- TAW 6 pts
- TOW 6 pts
- TWA 6 pts
- TWO 6 pts
- WAR 6 pts
- WAT 6 pts
- WOT 6 pts
- ADO 4 pts
- DOR 4 pts
- DOT 4 pts
- DUO 4 pts
- ODA 4 pts
- OUD 4 pts
- RAD 4 pts
- ROD 4 pts
- TAD 4 pts
- TOD 4 pts
- UDO 4 pts
- URD 4 pts
- ARO 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- OAR 3 pts
- OAT 3 pts
- ORA 3 pts
- ORT 3 pts
- OUR 3 pts
- OUT 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- ROT 3 pts
- RUT 3 pts
- TAO 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TAU 3 pts
- TOR 3 pts
- UTA 3 pts
2-letter words
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