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MAHJONG
Definition of MAHJONG
noun
A game (originally Chinese) for four players, using a collection of tiles divided into five or six suits.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Mandarin 麻將／麻将 (májiàng), derived from 麻雀 (máquè, “sparrow”) with a Wu diminutive suffix 兒／儿 /ŋ̍/.
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.
MAHJONG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAHJONG starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGHJMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start MAHJON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found MAHJONG?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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