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MASTICS
Definition of MASTICS
noun
plural of mastic
noun
An evergreen shrub or small tree, Pistacia lentiscus (mastic tree), native to the Mediterranean.
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Word DNA
MASTICS inherits its ancestry from its root, MASTIC.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,706)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MASTIC · 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.
MASTICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
MASTICS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACIMSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 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.
Could you have found MASTICS?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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