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MELANOID
Definition of MELANOID
adjective
Relating to, or resembling, melanin.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From melano- + -oid.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MELANOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 45, 4 July 2026.
Built from these letters
MELANOID starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEILMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MELANO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found MELANOID?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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