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MACHO
Definition of MACHO
adjective
Masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way. Very masculine.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish macho (“male”), from Latin masculus. Doublet of male.
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.
MACHO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MACHO starts with M and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read ACHMO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MACHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found MACHO?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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