The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
TIMELINES
Definition of TIMELINES
noun
plural of timeline
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Word DNA
TIMELINES inherits its ancestry from its root, TIMELINE.
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.
TIMELINES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 37 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TIMELINES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEIILMNST - 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 26
Could you have found TIMELINES?
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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