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MOTHERLY
Definition of MOTHERLY
adjective
Befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English moderly, from Old English mōdorlīċ (“motherly, maternal”), from Proto-Germanic *mōdērlīkaz (“motherly, maternal”), equivalent to mother + -ly.
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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.
MOTHERLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MOTHERLY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EHLMORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MOTHER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found MOTHERLY?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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