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MAQUISARD
Definition of MAQUISARD
noun
A member of a resistance or guerrilla movement, originally and chiefly that of the French during the German occupation of 1940-5.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French maquisard.
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.
MAQUISARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAQUISARD starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADIMQRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found MAQUISARD?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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