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TROTLINES
Definition of TROTLINES
noun
plural of trotline
noun
A long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys).
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Word DNA
TROTLINES inherits its ancestry from its root, TROTLINE.
How it is built
Same root, TROTLINE · 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.
TROTLINES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TROTLINES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EILNORSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Could you have found TROTLINES?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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