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MAHONIA

7 letters

Definition of MAHONIA

noun

Any of the genus Mahonia (now often included in Berberis) of evergreen shrubs.

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Where it comes from

From the genus name.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MAHONIA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 2 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
45
First board
61
Latest board
16
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 61, 20 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 41 days.

First found by a player on Day 45, 4 July 2026.

Built from these letters

MAHONIA
7
Letters
4
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

MAHONIA starts with M and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAHIMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start MAHONI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.

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