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MARTINGALE
Definition of MARTINGALE
noun
A piece of harness used on a horse to keep it from raising its head above a desired point.
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Where it comes from
From Middle French martingale, from Occitan martegalo, feminine form of martegal, an inhabitant of Martigues, which is from Latin maritima. Possibly merged with Spanish almártaga. The meaning in gambling may come from an old usage of à la martingale to mean absurdly or foolishly.[1]
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.5%
of traced words share this origin (426)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MARTINGALE · 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.
MARTINGALE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MARTINGALE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEGILMNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MARTIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found MARTINGALE?
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