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MASCARON
Definition of MASCARON
noun
A carved, ornamental face, either human-like or grotesque, whose alleged function was originally to frighten away evil spirits so that they would not enter the building.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French mascaron, from Italian mascherone.
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.
MASCARON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MASCARON starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACMNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MASCAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MASCARON?
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 95 - and most players walked straight past it.
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