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MEDLARS
Definition of MEDLARS
noun
plural of medlar
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Word DNA
MEDLARS inherits its ancestry from its root, MEDLAR.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,666)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MEDLAR · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names German, Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MEDLARS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MEDLARS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADELMRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found MEDLARS?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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