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MEDIANTS
Definition of MEDIANTS
noun
plural of mediant
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Word DNA
MEDIANTS inherits its ancestry from its root, MEDIANT.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,616)
How it is built
Same root, MEDIANT · 1 relative 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.
MEDIANTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MEDIANTS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEIMNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MEDIAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found MEDIANTS?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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