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BYLINE
Definition of BYLINE
noun
A line at the head of a newspaper or magazine article carrying the writer's name.
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Where it comes from
From by- + line.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BYLINE · 2 relatives 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.
BYLINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BYLINE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEILNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BYLINE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found BYLINE?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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