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MAIEUTICS
Definition of MAIEUTICS
noun
Synonym of Socratic method.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek μαιευτικός (maieutikós, “obstetric”), from a passage in Plato's Theaetetus where Socrates compares his procedure to that of a midwife.
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.
MAIEUTICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAIEUTICS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEIIMSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found MAIEUTICS?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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