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MEGARA

/ˈmɛɡəɹə/6 letters

Definition of MEGARA

noun

plural of megaron

MEGARON

noun

The rectangular great hall in a Mycenaean building, usually supported with pillars.

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Word DNA

MEGARA inherits its ancestry from its root, MEGARON.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.2%

of traced words share this origin (9,517)

Hellenic

branch · 12.2% of traced words

How it is built

noun3 syllables

Same root, MEGARON · 2 relatives in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MEGARA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 157
Its 5 boards, across 157 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
67
First board
148
Latest board
41
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First ever to find it

karaev

on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

MEGARA
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MEGARA starts with M and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAEGMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start MEGARA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found MEGARA?

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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.

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