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MARCHESE
Definition of MARCHESE
noun
An Italian marquis.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Italian, from Late Latin marchensis.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% 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.
MARCHESE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 81, 9 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 81, 9 August 2026.
Built from these letters
MARCHESE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEHMRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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 MARCHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MARCHESE?
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 81 - and most players walked straight past it.
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