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MASE
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).
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 9 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
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.
Also seen on Day 27
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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