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MACARONIES
Definition of MACARONIES
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
MACARONIES inherits its ancestry from its root, MACARONI.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Ancient Greek
- Italian
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.4%
of traced words share this origin (8,352)
branch · 32.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MACARONI · 2 relatives 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.
MACARONIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 129, 26 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 129, 26 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MACARONIES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACEIMNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MACARO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MACARONIES?
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 129 - and most players walked straight past it.
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