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CLOTHESPIN
Definition of CLOTHESPIN
noun
A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying, and sometimes for other applications requiring holding or pinching.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From clothes + pin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CLOTHESPIN · 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.
CLOTHESPIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLOTHESPIN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEHILNOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CLOTHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found CLOTHESPIN?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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