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MOORLAND
Definition of MOORLAND
noun
Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English morelond, equivalent to moor + land. Compare Old Norse mýrlendi (“moorland”).
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.
MOORLAND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOORLAND starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADLMNOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found MOORLAND?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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