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MAWKISHLY
Definition of MAWKISHLY
adverb
In a mawkish manner.
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Other senses
MAWKISHLY carries 3 further meanings.
In a mawkish way.
adverb
In a mawkish way.
adverb
in a mawkish and emotional manner
Where it comes from
From mawkish + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
MAWKISHLY in a sentence
“With Alfie and Kat away – the only reason they go on holiday is so that some time in the future Alfie can mawkishly recall how they stood on a seafront somewhere and resolved to grow old together while Kat, even beneath two coats of Cuprinol Forest Oak, visibly blanches at the prospect – Eddie and sons have taken centre stage.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MAWKISHLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 182 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MAWKISHLY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AHIKLMSWY - 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 26
Could you have found MAWKISHLY?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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