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MADGE
Definition of MADGE
noun
The barn owl.
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Where it comes from
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) See the etymology at magpie for a related discussion.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MADGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MADGE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEGM - 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 12
Could you have found MADGE?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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