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MARGIN
Definition of MARGIN
noun
The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English margyn, from Latin marginem (possibly via Old French margin), accusative of margō (“edge, brink, border, margin”). Doublet of marge and margo.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MARGIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 82, 10 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 51, 10 July 2026.
Built from these letters
MARGIN starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AGIMNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 MARGIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found MARGIN?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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