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MEDINA
Definition of MEDINA
noun
The traditional, older or non-European area of a North African town.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna, “town, city”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Arabic
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.3%
of traced words share this origin (387)
branch · 1.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MEDINA · 1 relative 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.
MEDINA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MEDINA starts with M and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ADEIMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found MEDINA?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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