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MACABRE
Definition of MACABRE
adjective
Representing or personifying death.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French macabre, whose etymology is uncertain. Possibly from the term danse macabre, most commonly believed to be from corruption of the biblical name Maccabees; compare Latin Chorea Machabaeorum. Another theory derives the French term (through Spanish macabro) from Arabic مَقَابِر (maqābir, “cemeteries”), plural of مَقْبَرَة (maqbara) or مَقْبُرَة (maqbura).
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.
MACABRE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 76 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MACABRE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABCEMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
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 23
Could you have found MACABRE?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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