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MARVELOUS
Definition of MARVELOUS
adjective
Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
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Where it comes from
First attested from 1300 as Middle English merveilous, from Old French merveillus, from merveille (“a wonder”), equivalent to marvel + -ous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MARVELOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 97 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MARVELOUS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AELMORSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MARVEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MARVELOUS?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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