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MOLISH
Definition of MOLISH
adjective
Alternative spelling of moleish
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Word DNA
MOLISH inherits its ancestry from its root, MOLE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,506)
How it is built
Same root, MOLE · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Scots.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MOLISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 150, 17 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 150, 17 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOLISH starts with M and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read HILMOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found MOLISH?
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 150 - and most players walked straight past it.
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