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MAQUIS
Definition of MAQUIS
noun
Dense Mediterranean coastal scrub.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French maquis, from Corsican machja (related to Italian macchia), ultimately from Latin macula. Doublet of macula.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MAQUI · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Italian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MAQUIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
MAQUIS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AIMQSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Q - 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 MAQUIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found MAQUIS?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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