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MAGAZINE
Definition of MAGAZINE
noun
A nonacademic, periodical publication which consists of articles by multiple writers on some broad topic or theme. A radio or television show where each episode comprises a variety of features or segments, akin to the format of a print magazine.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English magasyne, from Middle French magasin (“warehouse, store”), from Italian magazzino (“storehouse”), ultimately from Arabic مَخَازِن pl (maḵāzin), plural of مَخْزَن (maḵzan, “storeroom, storehouse”), noun of place from خَزَنَ (ḵazana, “to store, to stock, to lay up”). First attested in the 1580s.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,061)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MAGAZINE · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MAGAZINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MAGAZINE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEGIMNZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start MAGAZI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found MAGAZINE?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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