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MACKINAW
Definition of MACKINAW
noun
A heavy woolen cloth.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
(Can this etymology be sourced?) Respelling of Mackinac, a strait between Lake Huron and Lake Michigan, an island in the strait, and an important trading-post on the island; ultimately from Ojibwe mishinii-makinaang (“at the place of many snapping turtles”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MACKINAW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 102, 30 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 102, 30 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MACKINAW starts with M and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read AACIKMNW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MACKIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MACKINAW?
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 102 - and most players walked straight past it.
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