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HOTELIER
Definition of HOTELIER
noun
Someone who owns or runs a hotel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French hôtelier.
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.
HOTELIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 37 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 ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOTELIER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEHILORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start HOTELI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found HOTELIER?
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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