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MAELIDS
Definition of MAELIDS
noun
plural of maelid
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MAELID · 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.
MAELIDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAELIDS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEILMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found MAELIDS?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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