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MELANGES
Definition of MELANGES
noun
plural of melange
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Another sense
MELANGES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of melange.
Word DNA
MELANGES inherits its ancestry from its root, MELANGE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
30th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (198)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MELANGE · 1 relative in the game
MELANGES in a sentence
“They come up with some interesting melanges, and I understand that they are not aiming for veracity.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MELANGES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 89 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MELANGES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEGLMNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found MELANGES?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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