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MAIN
Definition of MAIN
adjective
Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English mayn, main, maine, mæin, meyn, from main (noun) (see further at etymology 2); compare Old English mæġen (“strong, main, principal”) (used in combination) and Old Norse megn, megenn (“strong, main”). The word is cognate with Old High German megīn (“strong, mighty”) (modern German Möge, Vermögen (“power, wealth”)), and also akin to Old English magan (“to be able to”). See also may.
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.
MAIN in OUTLIER
It has fitted 96 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAIN starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AIMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MAIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found MAIN?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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