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MALTESE
About MALTESE
MALTESE is a valid 7-letter word in OUTLIER, and one of the few with no English entry in Wiktionary - the dictionary a word game accepts is wider than the one an encyclopaedia keeps.
No definition is on file, so none is guessed at here.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MALTESE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MALTESE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEELMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found MALTESE?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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