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MASTS
Definition of MASTS
noun
plural of mast
noun
A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, sails or observation platforms on a ship, the main rotor of a helicopter, flags, floodlights, meteorological instruments, or communications equipment, such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires (except in the case of a helicopter).
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Word DNA
MASTS inherits its ancestry from its root, MAST.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,259)
How it is built
Same root, MAST · 14 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Irish, Latin, Russian.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MASTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
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 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
MASTS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AMSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found MASTS?
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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