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MELLOWEST

9 letters

Definition of MELLOWEST

adjective

superlative form of mellow: most mellow

MELLOW

adjective

Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From mellow + -est.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjectivecompound-est

Same root, MELLOW · 4 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MELLOWEST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 169
Its one board, across 169 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
167
First board
2
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

elm

on Day 167, 3 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

MELLOWEST
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MELLOWEST starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EELLMOSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and L appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start MELLOW

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

MELLOWMELLOWSMELLOWYMELLOWEDMELLOWERMELLOWLYMELLOWINGMELLOWNESSMELLOWSPEAKMELLOWNESSES

Could you have found MELLOWEST?

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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.

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