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MAVERICK
Definition of MAVERICK
adjective
Unbranded.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Named after Texan lawyer and politician Samuel Maverick (1803–1870), who refused to brand his cattle. For probable origin and meaning, see Maverick. The poker noun sense (“a queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold’em”) may be from the theme song of the US Western television series Maverick (1957–1962), which says of the eponymous protagonist that “[g]amblin’ is his game” and that he is “livin’ on jacks and queens”.
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.
MAVERICK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 273 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MAVERICK starts with M and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACEIKMRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MAVERI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found MAVERICK?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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