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MORDANCY
Definition of MORDANCY
noun
The state or quality of being mordant.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MORDANCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MORDANCY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACDMNORY - 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.
Words that start MORDAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found MORDANCY?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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