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MARTINS
Definition of MARTINS
noun
plural of martin
noun
Many of the various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying.
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Word DNA
MARTINS inherits its ancestry from its root, MARTIN.
Line of descent
- Middle French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (332)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MARTIN · 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.
MARTINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 69, 28 July 2026.
Built from these letters
MARTINS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AIMNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MARTIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MARTINS?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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