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MAIDENHOOD
Definition of MAIDENHOOD
noun
The condition of being a maiden; the time when one is a maiden or young girl.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English maydenhede, maydenhode, from Old English mæġdenhād (“maidenhood”). By surface analysis, maiden + -hood.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,864)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MAIDENHOOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 145, 12 October 2026.
Built from these letters
MAIDENHOOD starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADDEHIMNOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MAIDEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MAIDENHOOD?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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