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MARGARINE
Definition of MARGARINE
noun
A spread, manufactured from a blend of vegetable oils (some of which are hydrogenated), emulsifiers etc, mostly used as a substitute for butter.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from French margarine, from acide margarique (“margaric acid”), from Ancient Greek μάργαρον (márgaron, “pearl”), in allusion to its pearly lustre, with the suffix -ine, influenced by glycérine (“glycerine”). The reasons why the ⟨-g-⟩ is pronounced /dʒ/ remain unclear.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,575)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MARGARINE · 3 relatives 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.
MARGARINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MARGARINE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEGIMNRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and R appear more than once.
Words that start MARGAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MARGARINE?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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