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MARCH
Definition of MARCH
noun
A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, by bands, and in ceremonies.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English marchen, from Middle French marcher (“to march, walk”), from Old French marchier (“to stride, to march, to trample”), from Frankish *markōn (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *markōną (“to mark”). Akin to Old English mearc, ġemearc (“mark, boundary”). Compare mark, from Old English mearcian. Compare typologically Russian сле́довать (slédovatʹ) (akin to след (sled)). Also compare пятно́ (pjatnó) (<~ пята́ (pjatá)).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,696)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MARCH · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English, Russian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MARCH in OUTLIER
It has fitted 15 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MARCH starts with M and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACHMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MARCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MARCH?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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