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MARTIALS
Definition of MARTIALS
noun
plural of martial
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Word DNA
MARTIALS inherits its ancestry from its root, MARTIAL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,643)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MARTIAL · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Italian, Portuguese, Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MARTIALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 57 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 64, 23 July 2026.
Built from these letters
MARTIALS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAILMRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MARTIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MARTIALS?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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