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LINTEL
Definition of LINTEL
noun
A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English lyntel, from Old French lintel, from Vulgar Latin *līntellus, for *līmitellus, diminutive noun from līmes. Equivalent to limit + -el.
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.
LINTEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LINTEL starts with L and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read EILLNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found LINTEL?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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