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MAFIA
Definition of MAFIA
noun
A hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like distribution of narcotics, gambling and extortion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
See Mafia. The sense "entity which attempts to control a specified arena" makes an analogy to crime-syndicate mafias' attempts to control certain kinds of business in the regions in which they exist.
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.
MAFIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MAFIA starts with M and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAFIM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found MAFIA?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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