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MACULE
Definition of MACULE
noun
A spot.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English macule, from Middle French macule and its etymon Classical Latin macula. Doublet of macchia, macula and, with a suffix, maquis.
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.
MACULE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MACULE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACELMU - 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.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found MACULE?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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