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MADMEN
Definition of MADMEN
noun
plural of madman
MADMAN
noun
A man who is insane or mentally disturbed.
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Word DNA
MADMEN inherits its ancestry from its root, MADMAN.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,325)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MADMAN · 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.
MADMEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MADMEN starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADEMMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once.
Could you have found MADMEN?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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