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AMAHS

/ˈɑː.məz/5 letters

Definition of AMAHS

noun

plural of amah

AMAH

noun

A woman employed to look after children; (formerly) a wet nurse.

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Word DNA

AMAHS inherits its ancestry from its root, AMAH.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. Portuguese
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.7%

of traced words share this origin (3,266)

Hellenic

branch · 12.7% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, AMAH · 1 relative in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

AMAHS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 129
Its one board, across 129 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
127
First board
2
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

jamral

on Day 127, 24 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

AMAHS
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

AMAHS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAHMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Could you have found AMAHS?

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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.

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