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MELODIUM
Definition of MELODIUM
noun
A type of reed organ, similar to a harmonium.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Alternative form of melodeon. Both this word and its variant melodeon are ultimately borrowings from French French mélodium and German German Melodium. Attested from 1846.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,839)
branch · 22.6% 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.
MELODIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 167, 3 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MELODIUM starts with M and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read DEILMMOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once.
Words that start MELODI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MELODIUM?
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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.
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