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MELAMED
Definition of MELAMED
noun
A religious teacher or instructor in general, especially in the Talmudic period.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hebrew מְלַמֶד (“teacher”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Hebrew
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
17th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.7%
of traced words share this origin (558)
branch · 2.1% 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.
MELAMED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MELAMED starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEELMM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M and E appear more than once.
Could you have found MELAMED?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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