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MACAQUE
Definition of MACAQUE
noun
Any of a group of Old World monkeys of the genus Macaca.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from French macaque, from Portuguese macaco, of uncertain origin (see macaco for more). Doublet of macaco.
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.
MACAQUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
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Built from these letters
MACAQUE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACEMQU - 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.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found MACAQUE?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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