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MAGUEY
Definition of MAGUEY
noun
Any of various large agaves of Mexico and the southern US, especially the American aloe, Agave americana.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish maguey, from Taíno *mawei.
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.
MAGUEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAGUEY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEGMUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found MAGUEY?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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