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MULATTO
Definition of MULATTO
noun
A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Portuguese and/or Spanish mulato (“of mixed breed, young mule”), from mulo (“mule”), from Latin mūlus (“mule”). Perhaps an allusion to the hybrid origin of mules. Doublet of mulato.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MULATTO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MULATTO starts with M and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read ALMOTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MULATT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MULATTO?
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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