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AMOK
Definition of AMOK
adverb
Out of control, especially when armed and dangerous.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk (“to go on a killing spree”). The term first appeared in English around the 16th century, associated with the people of Malaysia and Java, first described in the 1516 text The Book of Duarte Barbosa, which was translated to English by Henry E. J. Stanley.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Malay
- Portuguese
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
29th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (234)
branch · 0.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AMOK · 3 relatives 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.
AMOK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 157 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
AMOK starts with A and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AKMO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found AMOK?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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