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HOTLINE
Definition of HOTLINE
noun
A telephone line that is always staffed and able to give immediate assistance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hot + line.
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.
HOTLINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 69, 28 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOTLINE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHILNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HOTLIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HOTLINE?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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