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MARLINES
Definition of MARLINES
noun
plural of marline
noun
A light all-purpose cord commonly used to bind the end of a larger rope, to prevent fraying.
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Word DNA
MARLINES inherits its ancestry from its root, MARLIN.
How it is built
Same root, MARLIN · 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.
MARLINES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 94, 22 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MARLINES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEILMNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MARLIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MARLINES?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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