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MAINOR
Definition of MAINOR
noun
The act or fact, especially of theft.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman meinoure, Old French manuevre. See maneuver and French main (“hand”).
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.
MAINOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
Built from these letters
MAINOR starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AIMNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found MAINOR?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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