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MALE
Definition of MALE
adjective
Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English male, borrowed from Old French malle, masle (Modern French mâle), from Latin masculus (“masculine, a male”), diminutive of mās (“male, masculine”). Doublet of macho. Displaced native Old English wǣpned (“male”, literally “weaponed”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MALE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MALE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AELM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MALE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found MALE?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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