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MEDIAE
Definition of MEDIAE
noun
plural of media
noun
The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.
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Word DNA
MEDIAE inherits its ancestry from its root, MEDIA.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (963)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MEDIA · 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.
MEDIAE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
MEDIAE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEIM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start MEDIAE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MEDIAE?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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