The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
MAYVIN
Definition of MAYVIN
noun
Alternative spelling of maven.
noun
An expert in a given field; also, a person who is interested in and knowledgeable about a particular activity or thing; an aficionado.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MAYVIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 57 days.
Built from these letters
MAYVIN starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AIMNVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found MAYVIN?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER