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MACCHIA
Definition of MACCHIA
noun
Any shrubland biota in Mediterranean countries, typically consisting of densely-growing evergreen shrubs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Corsican machja, related to Italian macchia and French maquis; ultimately from Latin macula. Doublet of macula, macule, and maquis.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MACCHIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
Built from these letters
MACCHIA starts with M and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACCHIM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and C appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MACCHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MACCHIA?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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