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MENHIR
Definition of MENHIR
noun
A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially one dating to prehistoric times.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Either borrowed from French menhir, or from its etymon Breton maen-hir, compound of maen (“stone”) + hir (“long”). Compare with Welsh maen hir, and Cornish men hir.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,122)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MENHIR · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Welsh.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MENHIR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MENHIR starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EHIMNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found MENHIR?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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