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MAMELUKES
Definition of MAMELUKES
noun
plural of mameluke
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Word DNA
MAMELUKES inherits its ancestry from its root, MAMELUKE.
How it is built
Same root, MAMELUKE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MAMELUKES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 167, 3 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAMELUKES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEKLMMSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M and E appear more than once.
Words that start MAMELU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MAMELUKES?
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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.
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