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MOTIONERS
Definition of MOTIONERS
noun
plural of motioner
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Word DNA
MOTIONERS inherits its ancestry from its root, MOTION.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,861)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MOTION · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Proto-Indo-European.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MOTIONERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOTIONERS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIMNOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O 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 MOTION
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MOTIONERS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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