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MASON
Definition of MASON
noun
A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English masoun, machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, Old French maçon, from Late Latin maciō (“carpenter, bricklayer”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.2%
of traced words share this origin (10,073)
branch · 33.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MASON · 1 relative 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.
MASON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MASON starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AMNOS - 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 MASON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found MASON?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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