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MARISH
Definition of MARISH
noun
A marsh.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English mareys, marys, from Anglo-Norman mareis, mereis, or from Middle French mares, marest, both from Late Latin mariscus, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk (“marsh”). Doublet of marsh and morass.
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.
MARISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MARISH starts with M and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AHIMRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MARISH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found MARISH?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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