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MARAE
Definition of MARAE
noun
The courtyard of a Māori wharenui or meeting-house, seen as a cultural and spiritual focal point.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Māori marae and Tahitian marae, from Proto-Oceanic *malaqe.
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Word DNA
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.
MARAE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 45, 4 July 2026.
Built from these letters
MARAE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MARAE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found MARAE?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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