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MOTTLE

/ˈmɒt.əl/6 letters

Definition of MOTTLE

verb

To mark with blotches of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

1670-80. Probably back-formation from motley.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MOTTLE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 111
Its one board, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
106
First board
5
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

spider

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

MOTTLE
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MOTTLE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ELMOTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start MOTTLE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found MOTTLE?

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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