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MAKUTUS
Definition of MAKUTUS
Wiktionary has no entry for MAKUTUS itself. This is its base word, MAKUTU.
noun
Witchcraft, black magic; a spell or curse.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for MAKUTU.
Borrowed from Māori mākutu.
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.
MAKUTUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 94, 22 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAKUTUS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AKMSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start MAKUTU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MAKUTUS?
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 94 - and most players walked straight past it.
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