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MARRON
Definition of MARRON
noun
A sweet chestnut.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Variant form of maroon (“chestnut”), later reinforced by French marron.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7%
of traced words share this origin (1,806)
branch · 15.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MARRON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 124, 21 September 2026.
Built from these letters
MARRON starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AMNORR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MARRON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MARRON?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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