The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
MACKS
Definition of MACKS
noun
plural of mack
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Word DNA
MACKS inherits its ancestry from its root, MACK.
How it is built
Same root, MACK · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MACKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 78, 6 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MACKS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACKMS - 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.
Could you have found MACKS?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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