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MAYBE
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).
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.
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
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
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.
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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