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MOTEL

/moʊˈtɛl/5 letters

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).

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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.

Day 1Day 102
Its 10 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
10
Boards found on
36
First board
102
Latest board
31
Longest gap, days

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.

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Built from these letters

MOTEL
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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.

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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