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MAYPOLES
Definition of MAYPOLES
noun
plural of maypole
noun
A pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day.
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Word DNA
MAYPOLES inherits its ancestry from its root, MAYPOLE.
How it is built
Same root, MAYPOLE · 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.
MAYPOLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAYPOLES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AELMOPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found MAYPOLES?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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