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HOSTELRY
Definition of HOSTELRY
noun
An inn that provides overnight accommodation for travellers (and, originally, their horses).
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Where it comes from
From Middle English hostelerie, from Middle French hostellerie, from Old French hostelerie, ostelerie; by surface analysis, hostel + -ry.
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.
HOSTELRY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HOSTELRY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EHLORSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HOSTEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found HOSTELRY?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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