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MAFFICK
Definition of MAFFICK
verb
To celebrate a victory in a boisterous manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation from Mafeking, humorously treated as if it were a present participle (mafficking), from the celebrations in London after the relief of Mafeking during the Boer War.
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.
MAFFICK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAFFICK starts with M and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACFFIKM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MAFFIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MAFFICK?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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