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MADHOUSE
Definition of MADHOUSE
noun
A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mad + house.
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.
MADHOUSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MADHOUSE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEHMOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MADHOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found MADHOUSE?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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