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MORTAL
Definition of MORTAL
adjective
Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English mortal, mortel, from Old French mortal, and their source Latin mortālis, from mors (“death”). In this sense, displaced native deadly, from Old English dēadlīċ.
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.
MORTAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MORTAL starts with M and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ALMORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MORTAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found MORTAL?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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