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MARROWSKY
Definition of MARROWSKY
noun
Spoonerism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1859 and most likely derived from Polish Morawski. Generally thought to be named after a Polish nobleman active in London a couple of decades before the word's first attestation who suffered from accidental sound transpositions (possibly Józef Boruwłaski).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Polish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
38th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (129)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MARROWSKY · 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.
MARROWSKY 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 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MARROWSKY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AKMORRSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MARROW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MARROWSKY?
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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