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MOLTEN
Definition of MOLTEN
adjective
Melted, especially due to great heat
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English molten, from Old English molten, ġemolten (“melted, molten”), from Proto-Germanic *multanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *meltaną (“to melt”). Cognate with Scots moltin, Swedish multen.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.4%
of traced words share this origin (970)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MOLTEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 57 boards so far. 77 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MOLTEN starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ELMNOT - 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.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found MOLTEN?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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