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MAGICIAN
Definition of MAGICIAN
noun
A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English magicien, from Middle French magicien.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (856)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MAGICIAN · 1 relative 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.
MAGICIAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 133 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MAGICIAN starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACGIIMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found MAGICIAN?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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