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HOTELING
Definition of HOTELING
noun
Alternative spelling of hotelling.
noun
The short-term provision of office space to workers who either are temporary or usually work elsewhere.
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Word DNA
HOTELING inherits its ancestry from its root, HOTEL.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,861)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HOTEL · 5 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOTELING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
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
HOTELING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGHILNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HOTELI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found HOTELING?
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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