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HEADLINE
Definition of HEADLINE
noun
A rope. Any of various type of rope used to attach a sail to a yard. A rope or chain used to attach the bow of a vessel to the shore or to another vessel. A rope tied to the head of an animal.
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Where it comes from
From head + 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.
HEADLINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 88, 16 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEADLINE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEHILN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start HEADLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEADLINE?
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 88 - and most players walked straight past it.
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