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MARABOU
Definition of MARABOU
noun
Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French marabou, an older spelling of marabout.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,056)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MARABOU · 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.
MARABOU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MARABOU starts with M and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read AABMORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MARABO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found MARABOU?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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