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MAXIM
Definition of MAXIM
noun
A self-evident axiom or premise; a pithy expression of a general principle or rule.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman maxime and Middle French maxime, from Late Latin maxima (“axiom”), noun use of the feminine singular form of Latin maximus (apparently as used in the phrase prōpositiō maxima (“greatest premise”)). Doublet of maxima.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,378)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MAXIM · 1 relative 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.
MAXIM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 80 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAXIM starts with M and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AIMMX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start MAXIM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MAXIM?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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