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MARKDOWN
Definition of MARKDOWN
noun
A reduction in price in order to stimulate sales.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Deverbal from mark down. The computing sense is a pun on markup (language).
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.
MARKDOWN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MARKDOWN starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADKMNORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found MARKDOWN?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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