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MOLDERS
Definition of MOLDERS
noun
plural of molder
MOULDER · via molder
verb
Often followed by away or down: to cause (something) to decay or rot, or to crumble to pieces. To cause (someone or something) to die away or disappear.
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Word DNA
MOLDERS inherits its ancestry from its root, MOULD.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MOULD · 14 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.
MOLDERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOLDERS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DELMORS - 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.
Words that start MOLDER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found MOLDERS?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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