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MADRASA
Definition of MADRASA
noun
A school for any kind of teaching, at any grade level; usually specifically a school that teaches Islamic theology.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Arabic مَدْرَسَة f (madrasa, “school”), a noun of place from the verb دَرَسَ (darasa, “to learn, to study”).
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.
MADRASA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 127, 24 September 2026.
Built from these letters
MADRASA starts with M and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAADMRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MADRAS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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