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MARKETS
Definition of MARKETS
noun
plural of market
noun
A gathering of people for the purchase and sale of merchandise, often periodic at a set time.
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Word DNA
MARKETS inherits its ancestry from its root, MARKET.
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 (23,888)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MARKET · 10 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Old French, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MARKETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MARKETS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEKMRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MARKET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found MARKETS?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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