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MASCULINITY
Definition of MASCULINITY
noun
The degree or property of being masculine or manly; manliness.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French masculinité, from Old French, equivalent to masculine + -ity. Earlier in same sense was masculineness.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (840)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MASCULINITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MASCULINITY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACIILMNSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start MASCULI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found MASCULINITY?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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