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MASSACRE
Definition of MASSACRE
noun
The killing of a considerable number where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and/or contrary to civilized norms.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
1580, from Middle French massacre, from Old French macacre, marcacre, macecre, macecle (“slaughterhouse, butchery”), usually thought to be deverbal from Old French macecrer, macecler (“to slaughter”), though the noun seems to be attested somewhat earlier. It is also found in Medieval Latin mazacrium (“massacre, slaughter, killing”, also “the head of a newly killed stag”). Further origin disputed:
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,450)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MASSACRE · 3 relatives 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.
MASSACRE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MASSACRE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACEMRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MASSAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MASSACRE?
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