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MACHETE
Definition of MACHETE
noun
A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or used as a weapon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Spanish machete, diminutive of macho (“sledgehammer”), from Latin mattea, possibly from mactare (“slaughter in sacrifice”); cognate with Old French machier, French massue, English mace.
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.
MACHETE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MACHETE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEHMT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found MACHETE?
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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