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MACAROON
Definition of MACAROON
noun
A soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French macaron. Doublet of macaron.
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.
MACAROON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MACAROON starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACMNOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MACARO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found MACAROON?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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