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MOTET
Definition of MOTET
noun
A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French motet.
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.
MOTET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOTET starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EMOTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MOTET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MOTET?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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