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MEGARON
Definition of MEGARON
noun
The rectangular great hall in a Mycenaean building, usually supported with pillars.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μέγαρον (mégaron).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,724)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MEGARON · 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.
MEGARON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 94, 22 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 94, 22 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MEGARON starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEGMNOR - 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.
Could you have found MEGARON?
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 94 - and most players walked straight past it.
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