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MACARONI
Definition of MACARONI
noun
A type of pasta in the form of short tubes, typically boiled and served in soup, with a sauce, or in melted cheese; a dish of this.
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Where it comes from
From Italian maccaroni (plural of maccarone (archaic variant of maccheroni (“fool”))), of uncertain origin. Variously derived from late Byzantine Greek μακαρία (makaría, “food made from barley”), from Ancient Greek μάκαρ (mákar, “blessed; favored by the gods”), or from maccare (archaic variant of ammaccare (“to bruise; to crush”)), from Latin maccāre of the same meaning. Compare Sicilian maccarruni (“a single piece of macaroni”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MACARONI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MACARONI starts with M and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AACIMNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MACARO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MACARONI?
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