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MARY
Definition of MARY
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Mary (“male homosexual”).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Mary (“female name”). Compare nan and nancy.
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.
MARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MARY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AMRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 MARY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found MARY?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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