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MADWORT
Definition of MADWORT
noun
Any of certain alyssums (Alyssum spp.).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mad + wort, as formerly believed to cure canine madness.
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.
MADWORT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
MADWORT starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADMORTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found MADWORT?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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