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MOTHERLANDS
Definition of MOTHERLANDS
noun
plural of motherland
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Word DNA
MOTHERLANDS inherits its ancestry from its root, MOTHERLAND.
How it is built
Same root, MOTHERLAND · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MOTHERLANDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 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
MOTHERLANDS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEHLMNORST - 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 MOTHERL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found MOTHERLANDS?
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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