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MOLEST
Definition of MOLEST
verb
To sexually assault or sexually harass.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English molesten, from Old French molester, from Latin molestō (“to trouble, annoy, molest”), from molestus (“troublesome”), from moles (“a burden, difficulty, labor, trouble”); see mole.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MOL · 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.
MOLEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MOLEST starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ELMOST - 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 MOLEST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MOLEST?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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