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MAUL
Definition of MAUL
noun
A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English malle (“mace, maul”), from Anglo-Norman mail, from Old French mail, from Latin malleus (“hammer”). Doublet of malleus.
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.
MAUL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MAUL starts with M and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ALMU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 MAUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found MAUL?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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