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COASTLINE
Definition of COASTLINE
noun
The shape, outline, or boundary of a coast. (The term coastline is generally used to describe the approximate boundaries at relatively large spatial scales.)
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Where it comes from
From coast + 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.
COASTLINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
COASTLINE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEILNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start COASTL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found COASTLINE?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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