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MARINER
Definition of MARINER
noun
Synonym of sailor, particularly one on a maritime vessel.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English mariner, maryner, from Anglo-Norman mariner, marinier, from Old French marinier, maronnier, from marin and Medieval Latin marinellus and marinarius (“sailor”), from marīnus (“marine”), from mare (“sea”) + -īnus (“-ine: forming adjectives”). Eclipsed Middle English marinel, marynell (“mariner, sailor”) from Old French marinel from the same sources. Equivalent to marine + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,343)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MARIN · 2 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.
MARINER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
MARINER starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEIMNRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start MARINE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MARINER?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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