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MOLLYMAWK
Definition of MOLLYMAWK
noun
A fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Ultimately from Dutch mallemok (from malle (“foolish”)), probably influenced by German Mallemucke. Compare Japanese 信天翁(あほうどり) (ahōdori, “albatross, foolish bird”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,780)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MOLLYMAWK · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Japanese.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MOLLYMAWK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
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
on Day 167, 3 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOLLYMAWK starts with M and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AKLLMMOWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found MOLLYMAWK?
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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