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ANTIMASQUE
Definition of ANTIMASQUE
noun
A comic or grotesque dance presented before or between the acts of a masque.
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Where it comes from
From anti- + masque.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ANTIMASQUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First found by a player on Day 52, 11 July 2026.
Built from these letters
ANTIMASQUE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEIMNQSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start ANTIMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found ANTIMASQUE?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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