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AMAS
Definition of AMAS
noun
plural of ama
AMA
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Amanayé.
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Word DNA
AMAS inherits its ancestry from its root, AMA.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- Portuguese
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,655)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AMA · 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.
AMAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 43 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AMAS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears 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 AMAS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AMAS?
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 79 - and most players walked straight past it.
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