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LINEAR
Definition of LINEAR
adjective
Having the form of a line; straight or roughly straight; following a direct course.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin līneāris, from līnea (“line”) + -āris (adjectival suffix), equivalent to line + -ar. Doublet of lineal.
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.
LINEAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 112 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LINEAR starts with L and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEILNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LINEAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found LINEAR?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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