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MEGILLAH
Definition of MEGILLAH
noun
Any of the Five Scrolls of the Hebrew Scriptures (Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther)
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Where it comes from
From Hebrew מגילה / מְגִלָּה (m'gilá, “scroll”). Doublet of magilla.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Hebrew
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
18th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (165)
branch · 1.9% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MEGILLAH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MEGILLAH starts with M and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AEGHILLM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MEGILL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MEGILLAH?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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