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TIMELINE
Definition of TIMELINE
noun
A graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events (past or future).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From time + line.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TIMELINE · 1 relative 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.
TIMELINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 36 days.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Built from these letters
TIMELINE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEIILMNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TIMELI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found TIMELINE?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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