Definition of outline

"outline" in the noun sense

1. outline, lineation

the line that appears to bound an object

2. outline, synopsis, abstract, precis

a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

3. outline, schema, scheme

a schematic or preliminary plan

"outline" in the verb sense

1. sketch, outline, adumbrate

describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of

"sketch the outline of the book"

"outline his ideas"

2. draft, outline

draw up an outline or sketch for something

"draft a speech"

3. delineate, limn, outline

trace the shape of

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Quotations for outline

Beauty is a hovering, shining, shadowy form, the outline of which no definition holds. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

What are Raphael's Madonnas but the shadow of a mother's love fixed in permanent outline. [ Thomas Wentworth Higginson ]

You will get more profit from trying to find where beauty is, than in anxiously inquiring what it is. Once for all, it remains undemonstrable; it appears to us, as in a dream, when we behold the works of the great poets and painters; and in short, of all feeling artists; it is a hovering, shining, shadowy form, the outline of which no definition holds. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

outline in Scrabble®

The word outline is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters outline:

ELUTION
(78 = 28 + 50)
OUTLINE
(78 = 28 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

elution, outline

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word outline

OUTLINE
(78 = 28 + 50)
OUTLINE
(74 = 24 + 50)
OUTLINE
(74 = 24 + 50)
OUTLINE
(74 = 24 + 50)
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
(59 = 9 + 50)
OUTLINE
(59 = 9 + 50)
OUTLINE
(58 = 8 + 50)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In outline

ELUTION
(78 = 28 + 50)
OUTLINE
(78 = 28 + 50)
OUTLINE
(74 = 24 + 50)
OUTLINE
(74 = 24 + 50)
ELUTION
(74 = 24 + 50)
ELUTION
(74 = 24 + 50)
ELUTION
(74 = 24 + 50)
ELUTION
(74 = 24 + 50)
ELUTION
(74 = 24 + 50)
ELUTION
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OUTLINE
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(74 = 24 + 50)
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(74 = 24 + 50)
OUTLINE
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(74 = 24 + 50)
OUTLINE
(74 = 24 + 50)
OUTLINE
(74 = 24 + 50)
OUTLINE
(74 = 24 + 50)
ELUTION
(71 = 21 + 50)
OUTLINE
(71 = 21 + 50)
ELUTION
(68 = 18 + 50)
OUTLINE
(68 = 18 + 50)
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(68 = 18 + 50)
OUTLINE
(68 = 18 + 50)
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
(66 = 16 + 50)
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(66 = 16 + 50)
OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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(66 = 16 + 50)
OUTLINE
(66 = 16 + 50)
OUTLINE
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(66 = 16 + 50)
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(66 = 16 + 50)
ELUTION
(66 = 16 + 50)
OUTLINE
(66 = 16 + 50)
OUTLINE
(66 = 16 + 50)
ELUTION
(66 = 16 + 50)
ELUTION
(66 = 16 + 50)
ELUTION
(66 = 16 + 50)
OUTLINE
(66 = 16 + 50)
OUTLINE
(64 = 14 + 50)
OUTLINE
(64 = 14 + 50)
ELUTION
(64 = 14 + 50)
OUTLINE
(64 = 14 + 50)
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(64 = 14 + 50)
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(64 = 14 + 50)
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(64 = 14 + 50)
ELUTION
(64 = 14 + 50)
OUTLINE
(64 = 14 + 50)
ELUTION
(61 = 11 + 50)
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(61 = 11 + 50)
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(61 = 11 + 50)
OUTLINE
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(61 = 11 + 50)
OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
(60 = 10 + 50)
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OUTLINE
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ELUTION
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ELUTION
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OUTLINE
(58 = 8 + 50)
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OUTLIE
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OUTLIE
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LUTEIN
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LUTEIN
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OUTLIE
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LUTEIN
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LUTEIN
(21)
LUTEIN
(21)
OUTLIE
(21)
LIONET
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OUTLIE
(21)
LIONET
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LIONET
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LIONET
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LIONET
(21)
LUTEIN
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OUTLIE
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LUTEIN
(18)
UNITE
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UNLIT
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UNTIL
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UNLIT
(18)
TOILE
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UNTIL
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LIONET
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TOILE
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UNTIL
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UTILE
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UNLIT
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OUTLIE
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UTILE
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ELOIN
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ELOIN
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ELOIN
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UNLIT
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ELOIN
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OUTLIE
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INTO
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UNTIL
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TOIL
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UNTO
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LOUT
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LUTE
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INLET
(15)
ENOL
(15)
TOILE
(15)
NOTE
(15)
ENOL
(15)
UNTO
(15)

outline in Words With Friends™

The word outline is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters outline:

OUTLINE
(89 = 54 + 35)
OUTLINE
(89 = 54 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

elution, outline

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word outline

OUTLINE
(89 = 54 + 35)
OUTLINE
(89 = 54 + 35)
OUTLINE
(77 = 42 + 35)
OUTLINE
(77 = 42 + 35)
OUTLINE
(77 = 42 + 35)
OUTLINE
(77 = 42 + 35)
OUTLINE
(77 = 42 + 35)
OUTLINE
(77 = 42 + 35)
OUTLINE
(75 = 40 + 35)
OUTLINE
(75 = 40 + 35)
OUTLINE
(75 = 40 + 35)
OUTLINE
(71 = 36 + 35)
OUTLINE
(71 = 36 + 35)
OUTLINE
(63 = 28 + 35)
OUTLINE
(63 = 28 + 35)
OUTLINE
(59 = 24 + 35)
OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
(47 = 12 + 35)
OUTLINE
(47 = 12 + 35)
OUTLINE
(46 = 11 + 35)
OUTLINE
(46 = 11 + 35)
OUTLINE
(45 = 10 + 35)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In outline

OUTLINE
(89 = 54 + 35)
OUTLINE
(89 = 54 + 35)
ELUTION
(83 = 48 + 35)
ELUTION
(83 = 48 + 35)
ELUTION
(83 = 48 + 35)
OUTLINE
(77 = 42 + 35)
OUTLINE
(77 = 42 + 35)
OUTLINE
(77 = 42 + 35)
ELUTION
(77 = 42 + 35)
OUTLINE
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ELUTION
(77 = 42 + 35)
OUTLINE
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ELUTION
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ELUTION
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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ELUTION
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ELUTION
(63 = 28 + 35)
OUTLINE
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ELUTION
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ELUTION
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OUTLINE
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ELUTION
(59 = 24 + 35)
ELUTION
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OUTLINE
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ELUTION
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ELUTION
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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ELUTION
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OUTLINE
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OUTLINE
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(53 = 18 + 35)
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(51 = 16 + 35)
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(51 = 16 + 35)
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(50 = 15 + 35)
OUTLINE
(49 = 14 + 35)
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ELUTION
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OUTLINE
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ELUTION
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(46 = 11 + 35)
ELUTION
(46 = 11 + 35)
LUTEIN
(45)
ELUTION
(45 = 10 + 35)
OUTLINE
(45 = 10 + 35)
LUTEIN
(45)
LIONET
(42)
LIONET
(42)
OUTLIE
(42)
LUTEIN
(39)
LUTEIN
(39)
LUTEIN
(39)
UNLIT
(36)
UNTIL
(36)
OUTLIE
(36)
OUTLIE
(36)
UNTIL
(36)
UNLIT
(36)
LIONET
(36)
LIONET
(36)
OUTLIE
(36)
LUTEIN
(36)
LUTEIN
(36)
UNTIL
(36)
UNITE
(33)
UNTIE
(33)
INLET
(33)
UNTIE
(33)
UTILE
(33)
ELOIN
(33)
LUTEIN
(33)
ELOIN
(33)
UTILE
(33)
LUTEIN
(33)
UNITE
(33)
LUTEIN
(33)
UNTIL
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OUTLIE
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LIONET
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OUTLIE
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LIONET
(32)
UNLIT
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LENT
(30)
LIEN
(30)
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(30)
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(30)
LION
(30)
UNLIT
(30)
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(30)
LIONET
(30)
OUTLIE
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UNIT
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LIONET
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LIONET
(30)
LINE
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LION
(30)
LINT
(30)
TOILE
(30)
LIEN
(30)
UNTIL
(30)
LOUT
(30)
LONE
(30)
NOEL
(30)
OUTLIE
(30)
LOIN
(30)
LOIN
(30)
ENOL
(30)
NOEL
(30)
OUTLIE
(30)
LUTE
(30)
UNTO
(30)
ELOIN
(28)
INLET
(28)
UNTIE
(28)
UNITE
(28)
UTILE
(28)
LUTEIN
(27)
UTILE
(27)
ELOIN
(27)
UNITE
(27)
NOTE
(27)
INLET
(27)
LOTI
(27)
UNTIE
(27)
LITE
(27)
INLET
(27)

Words containing the sequence outline

Words that start with outline (6 words)

Words with outline in them (4 words)

Words that end with outline (3 words)

Word Growth involving outline

Shorter words in outline

in line

out

Longer words containing outline

outlined reoutlined preoutlined

outlineless

outliner outliners

outlines reoutlines

reoutline preoutline preoutlined

reoutline reoutlined preoutlined

reoutline reoutlines