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MASTODONIC
Definition of MASTODONIC
adjective
Of, or pertaining to, the mastodon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mastodon + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MASTODONIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 89, 17 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MASTODONIC starts with M and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACDIMNOOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start MASTOD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MASTODONIC?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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