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MAHEWUS
Definition of MAHEWUS
Wiktionary has no entry for MAHEWUS itself. This is its base word, MAHEWU.
noun
A sour beverage from Africa, made from cornmeal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for MAHEWU.
From Zulu.
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.
MAHEWUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 50 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAHEWUS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEHMSUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found MAHEWUS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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