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MAWKISH
Definition of MAWKISH
adjective
Excessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mawk + -ish.
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.
MAWKISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 142 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 6, 27 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAWKISH starts with M and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AHIKMSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MAWKIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found MAWKISH?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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