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MAVERICKING
Definition of MAVERICKING
verb
present participle and gerund of maverick
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Word DNA
MAVERICKING inherits its ancestry from its root, MAVERICK.
How it is built
Same root, MAVERICK · 3 relatives 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.
MAVERICKING in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 139 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAVERICKING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACEGIIKMNRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start MAVERIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MAVERICKING?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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