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MARGINALIST
Definition of MARGINALIST
noun
A practitioner of marginalism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From marginal + -ist.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
MARGINALIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 92, 20 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 92, 20 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MARGINALIST starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AAGIILMNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start MARGINA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MARGINALIST?
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 92 - and most players walked straight past it.
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