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MARMOSET
Definition of MARMOSET
noun
Any small monkey, now specifically a Central and South American monkey of the genera Callithrix, Mico, Cebuella, and Callibella, with claws instead of nails, and a rather primitive layout.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French marmouset (“a gargoyle; a small child”), probably from marmouser (“to mumble”), of imitative origin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (852)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MARMOSET · 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.
MARMOSET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
MARMOSET starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEMMORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once.
Words that start MARMOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MARMOSET?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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