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MOTELS
Definition of MOTELS
noun
plural of motel
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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.
MOTELS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 48, 7 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 52 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MOTELS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ELMOST - 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.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found MOTELS?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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