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MELINITE
Definition of MELINITE
noun
A yellow clay mineral from Bavaria.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French mélinite, from Ancient Greek μήλινος (mḗlinos, “quince-yellow”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,145)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MELINITE · 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.
MELINITE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 108 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MELINITE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEIILMNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found MELINITE?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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