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WAISTLINE

/ˈweɪstˌlaɪn/9 letters

Definition of WAISTLINE

noun

a line around the body at the waist; its measurement

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From waist + line.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound

Same root, WAISTLINE · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

WAISTLINE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 168
Its 17 boards, across 168 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
17
Boards found on
36
First board
165
Latest board
27
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

kimariyan

on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

WAISTLINE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

WAISTLINE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIILNSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start WAISTL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

WAISTLESSWAISTLINES

Could you have found WAISTLINE?

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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.

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