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MALTOSE

/ˈmɔːltəʊz/7 letters

Definition of MALTOSE

noun

A disaccharide, C12H22O11 formed from the digestion of starch by amylase; is converted to glucose by maltase; it is an isomer of trehalose

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Where it comes from

From malt + -ose.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

MALTOSE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 98
Its 12 boards, across 98 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
12
Boards found on
27
First board
98
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.

Built from these letters

MALTOSE
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MALTOSE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AELMOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start MALTOS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

MALTOSES

Could you have found MALTOSE?

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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.

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