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MASKED
Definition of MASKED
verb
simple past and past participle of mask
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mask + -ed.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MASK · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MASKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 50, 9 July 2026.
Built from these letters
MASKED starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEKMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found MASKED?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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