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MAROON
Definition of MAROON
noun
An escaped black slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French marron (“feral; fugitive”, adjective), from Spanish cimarrón (“fugitive, wild, feral”); see that entry for more.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (965)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MAROON · 4 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.
MAROON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAROON starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AMNOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MAROON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found MAROON?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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