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MACHAIR
Definition of MACHAIR
noun
A type of calcareous sandy terrain formed mostly from seashells, found by the coast in areas of Scotland and Ireland.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic machair.
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.
MACHAIR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
MACHAIR starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AACHIMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found MACHAIR?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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