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MAJORS
Definition of MAJORS
noun
plural of major
adjective
: Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest. Greater in number, quantity, or extent.
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Word DNA
MAJORS inherits its ancestry from its root, MAJOR.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,614)
How it is built
Same root, MAJOR · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, French, Spanish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MAJORS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAJORS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AJMORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MAJORS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found MAJORS?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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