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MAWK
Definition of MAWK
noun
A maggot.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English mawke, moke, a contraction of mathek, maddok, from Old Norse maðkr (“maggot”), a diminutive of a base from Proto-Germanic *maþô (“worm”) (compare Old English maþa), from Proto-Indo-European *mat-, *mot- used in reference to insects and vermin. Cognate with Danish maddike, Swedish mask, archaic English maddock (modern maggot).
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.
MAWK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAWK starts with M and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AKMW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MAWK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found MAWK?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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