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MASHUA
Definition of MASHUA
noun
A root vegetable grown in the Andes, Tropaeolum tuberosum.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Spanish mashua, from an indigenous language. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (925)
branch · 12.9% 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.
MASHUA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MASHUA starts with M and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAHMSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
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 MASHUA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MASHUA?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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