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MALLEUS
Definition of MALLEUS
noun
The small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin malleus (“hammer, mallet”). Doublet of maul.
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.
MALLEUS 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 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MALLEUS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AELLMSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MALLEU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MALLEUS?
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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