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HEADLINE

/ˈhɛd.laɪn/8 letters

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.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From head + line.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Tier
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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.

Day 1Day 102
Its one board, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
88
First board
14
Days since seen

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

allons

on Day 88, 16 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HEADLINE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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.

HEADLIKEHEADLIGHTHEADLINEDHEADLINERHEADLINESHEADLIGHTSHEADLINERSHEADLINING

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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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