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MAXIMINS
Definition of MAXIMINS
noun
plural of maximin
noun
A rule to identify the worst outcome of each possible option to find one's best (maximum payoff) play.
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Word DNA
MAXIMINS inherits its ancestry from its root, MAXIMIN.
How it is built
Same root, MAXIMIN · 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.
MAXIMINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 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
MAXIMINS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AIIMMNSX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M and I appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start MAXIMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MAXIMINS?
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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