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HOTELLING
Definition of HOTELLING
noun
The short-term provision of office space to workers who either are temporary or usually work elsewhere.
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Where it comes from
From hotel + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
HOTELLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOTELLING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGHILLNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HOTELL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HOTELLING?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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