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MAZE
Definition of MAZE
noun
A labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated network of paths or passages, the aim of which is to find one's way through.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English mase, from Middle English masen (“to perplex, bewilder”); or perhaps from Old English *mæs (“delusion, bewilderment”); akin to Old English āmasian (“to perplex, confound”), Icelandic masa (“to chatter”). More at amaze.
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.
MAZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MAZE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEMZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start MAZE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found MAZE?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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