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MAYBE

/ˈmeɪ.bi/5 letters

Definition of MAYBE

adverb

Perhaps, possibly.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From an ellipsis of Middle English it may be, equivalent to may + be. Compare mayhap.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MAYBE in OUTLIER

It has fitted 1 board so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 97
Its one board, across 97 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards it fitted
85
First board
12
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.

First ever to find it

gardnervillian

on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

MAYBE
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MAYBE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEMY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start MAYBE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found MAYBE?

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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.

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