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MARTLET
Definition of MARTLET
noun
A bird, the martin.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English martilet, probably a blend of martinet (“martin”; from Middle French martinet and Medieval Latin martineta) and Middle French merlet.
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.
MARTLET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 106, 3 September 2026.
Built from these letters
MARTLET starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AELMRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start MARTLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MARTLET?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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