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BORDERLINES
Definition of BORDERLINES
noun
plural of borderline
BORDERLINE
adjective
Nearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a border or boundary, ambiguous.
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Word DNA
BORDERLINES inherits its ancestry from its root, BORDERLINE.
How it is built
Same root, BORDERLINE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BORDERLINES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BORDERLINES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BDEEILNORRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and E appear more than once.
Words that start BORDERL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BORDERLINES?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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