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MAULED
Definition of MAULED
verb
simple past and past participle of maul
noun
A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
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Word DNA
MAULED inherits its ancestry from its root, MAUL.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MAUL · 5 relatives 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.
MAULED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAULED starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADELMU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found MAULED?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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