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MAUDLIN
Definition of MAUDLIN
noun
The Magdalene; Mary Magdalene.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English Maudelen, a dialectal form of Mary Magdalene (typically depicted weeping), from Old French Madelaine (whence Madeleine), from Late Latin Magdalena (see Magdalena, Magdalene, and Maudlin).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MAUDLIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 89 boards so far. 703 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MAUDLIN starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADILMNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MAUDLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found MAUDLIN?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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