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MARMOTS
Definition of MARMOTS
noun
plural of marmot
noun
Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.
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Word DNA
MARMOTS inherits its ancestry from its root, MARMOT.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,636)
How it is built
Same root, MARMOT · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names German, Italian, Latin.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MARMOTS 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 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
MARMOTS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AMMORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once.
Could you have found MARMOTS?
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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