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MARIES
Definition of MARIES
Wiktionary has no entry for MARIES itself. This is its base word, MARY.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Mary (“male homosexual”).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for MARY.
From Mary (“female name”). Compare nan and nancy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MARY · 1 relative 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.
MARIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 164, 31 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MARIES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEIMRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found MARIES?
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 164 - and most players walked straight past it.
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