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MACKERELS
Definition of MACKERELS
noun
plural of mackerel
noun
Certain smaller edible fish, principally true mackerel and Spanish mackerel in family Scombridae, often speckled, Typically Scomber scombrus in the British isles.
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Word DNA
MACKERELS inherits its ancestry from its root, MACKEREL.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,385)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MACKEREL · 1 relative 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.
MACKERELS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MACKERELS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEEKLMRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found MACKERELS?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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