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MARQUE
Definition of MARQUE
noun
A brand of a manufactured product, especially of a motor car.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French marque. Doublet of mark. Ultimately cognate with marquee.
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.
MARQUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MARQUE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEMQRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start MARQUE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found MARQUE?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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