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OUTLINE
Definition of OUTLINE
noun
A line marking the boundary of an object figure.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From out + line.
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.
OUTLINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OUTLINE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EILNOTU - 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 OUTLIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found OUTLINE?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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