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MARTINET
Definition of MARTINET
noun
A strict disciplinarian.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
After the example of 17th-century French army officer Jean Martinet.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,061)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MARTINET · 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.
MARTINET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MARTINET starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEIMNRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
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 MARTIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MARTINET?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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