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MORAINE
Definition of MORAINE
noun
An accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier.
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Where it comes from
From French moraine, from Savoyard Italian morena, from Franco-Provençal mor, morre (“muzzle, snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum. Compare morion.
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.
MORAINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MORAINE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIMNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 MORAIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found MORAINE?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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