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MAIDENS
Definition of MAIDENS
noun
plural of maiden
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Word DNA
MAIDENS inherits its ancestry from its root, MAIDEN.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,821)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MAIDEN · 5 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.
MAIDENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAIDENS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEIMNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MAIDEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MAIDENS?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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