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MAWED
Definition of MAWED
adjective
Having a maw (of a specified kind).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From maw + -ed.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MAW · 2 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.
MAWED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 48 boards so far. 69 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 176, 12 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MAWED starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEMW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found MAWED?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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