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MAHONIA
Definition of MAHONIA
noun
Any of the genus Mahonia (now often included in Berberis) of evergreen shrubs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the genus name.
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.
MAHONIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
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 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.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found MAHONIA?
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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