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MACED
Definition of MACED
verb
simple past and past participle of mace
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Word DNA
MACED inherits its ancestry from its root, MACE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,600)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MACE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Italian, Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MACED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MACED starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found MACED?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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