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MEDIAEVALS
Definition of MEDIAEVALS
noun
plural of mediaeval
MEDIEVAL · via mediaeval
adjective
Of or relating to the Middle Ages, the period from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
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Word DNA
MEDIAEVALS inherits its ancestry from its root, MEDIEVAL.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MEDIEVAL · 6 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.
MEDIAEVALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 68 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 99, 27 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MEDIAEVALS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADEEILMSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and A appear more than once.
Words that start MEDIAE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MEDIAEVALS?
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 99 - and most players walked straight past it.
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