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MEMBRANEOUS
Definition of MEMBRANEOUS
adjective
Alternative form of membranous.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the Middle French membraneux, or the Classical Latin membrāneus (“made of parchment”, “consisting of or resembling a membrane”) or formed in English as: membrane + -eous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,072)
branch · 30.7% 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.
MEMBRANEOUS 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 5 days.
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
MEMBRANEOUS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEEMMNORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M and E appear more than once.
Words that start MEMBRAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MEMBRANEOUS?
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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