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MASTICHE
Definition of MASTICHE
noun
Alternative form of mastic.
noun
An evergreen shrub or small tree, Pistacia lentiscus (mastic tree), native to the Mediterranean.
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Word DNA
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.
MASTICHE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 116, 13 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MASTICHE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEHIMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MASTIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found MASTICHE?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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