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MALLETS
Definition of MALLETS
noun
plural of mallet
MALLET
noun
A type of hammer with a larger-than-usual head made of wood, rubber or similar non-iron material, used by woodworkers for driving a tool, such as a chisel. A kind of maul.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MALLETS 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 19 days.
Built from these letters
MALLETS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AELLMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MALLET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MALLETS?
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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