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CLOTHESLINE
Definition of CLOTHESLINE
noun
A rope or cord tied up outdoors to hang clothes on so they can dry.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From clothes + line.
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.
CLOTHESLINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLOTHESLINE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEHILLNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and E appear more than once.
Words that start CLOTHES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CLOTHESLINE?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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