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MENARCHEAL
Definition of MENARCHEAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to the menarche (advent of menses).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From menarche + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
MENARCHEAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MENARCHEAL starts with M and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACEEHLMNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and A appear more than once.
Words that start MENARC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found MENARCHEAL?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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