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MOTEL
Definition of MOTEL
noun
A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms whose entrances are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to parked automobiles.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of motor + hotel, from the original Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo in California, United States, established in 1925 by Arthur Heineman (1878–1974).
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.
MOTEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 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 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MOTEL starts with M and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ELMOT - 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 MOTEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found MOTEL?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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