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MAUDS
Definition of MAUDS
noun
plural of maud
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MAUDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAUDS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADMSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found MAUDS?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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