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MOLOCH
Definition of MOLOCH
noun
Any of species Moloch horridus of Australian lizards, sole species of the genus Moloch.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Hebrew מולך (molokh, “Ammonite god, worshipped by Canaanites and Phoenicians, who demanded child-sacrifice. Mentioned in Leviticus and Deuteronomy”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MOLOCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MOLOCH starts with M and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CHLMOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start MOLOCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MOLOCH?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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