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MAENADES
Definition of MAENADES
noun
plural of maenad
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Word DNA
MAENADES inherits its ancestry from its root, MAENAD.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,223)
How it is built
Same root, MAENAD · 4 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MAENADES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 92, 20 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 92, 20 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAENADES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADEEMNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start MAENAD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MAENADES?
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 92 - and most players walked straight past it.
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