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MOTHERLOAD
Definition of MOTHERLOAD
noun
A very large amount of something, especially something valuable.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
A corruption of motherlode.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MOTHERLOAD · 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.
MOTHERLOAD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MOTHERLOAD starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEHLMOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start MOTHER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MOTHERLOAD?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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