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MACON
Definition of MACON
noun
A type of oar blade with an elliptical shape which is squared off at the end, with a ridgeline running down the centre of the blade face.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Named after French Mâcon, due to the West German team's highly successful performance at the 1959 European Rowing Championships which took place there; attributed in part to their use of macon blades.
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.
MACON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 81, 9 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 81, 9 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MACON starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MACON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MACON?
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 81 - and most players walked straight past it.
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