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MALTHA
Definition of MALTHA
noun
A thick mineral pitch.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin maltha, from Ancient Greek μάλθα (máltha).
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.
MALTHA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MALTHA starts with M and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAHLMT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MALTHA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found MALTHA?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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