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MALLARD
Definition of MALLARD
noun
Anas platyrhynchos, a common and widespread dabbling duck, natively found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, whose male has a distinctive dark green head.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English malard, mawlard, from Old French malard, malart, mallart (“male wild duck”), from Old French male, masle (“male”) + -ard, -art. Cognate with Medieval Latin maslardus, mallardus.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MALLARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
Built from these letters
MALLARD starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADLLMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found MALLARD?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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