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LINOTYPE
Definition of LINOTYPE
noun
A form of typesetting machine in which a complete line of characters is set at once.
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Where it comes from
Genericized trademark; presumably from line + -o- + type.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LINOTYPE · 2 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.
LINOTYPE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LINOTYPE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EILNOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LINOTY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LINOTYPE?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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