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MASE

/meɪz/4 letters

Definition of MASE

verb

To act as a maser; to emit or subject to maser radiation.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Back-formation from maser as if mase + agentive -er. Compare lase from laser.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

verb1 syllablecompound-er

Same root, MASE · 3 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MASE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 148
Its 14 boards, across 148 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
14
Boards found on
27
First board
147
Latest board
21
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.

Built from these letters

MASE
4
Letters
2
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MASE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start MASE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found MASE?

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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.

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