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MAIEUTICAL
Definition of MAIEUTICAL
adjective
Alternative form of maieutic.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From maieutic + -al.
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.
MAIEUTICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 112, 9 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAIEUTICAL starts with M and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACEIILMTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Could you have found MAIEUTICAL?
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 112 - and most players walked straight past it.
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