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MAERLS
Definition of MAERLS
noun
plural of maerl
noun
Two or three species of calcareous algae in the Corallinaceae family that grow on the seabed.
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Word DNA
MAERLS inherits its ancestry from its root, MAERL.
How it is built
Same root, MAERL · 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.
MAERLS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 157, 24 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAERLS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AELMRS - 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.
Could you have found MAERLS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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