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MENINGEAL
Definition of MENINGEAL
adjective
Relating to the meninges.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin mēningeus + -al, from mēninga (“membrane covering the brain”) + -eus (adjectival suffix), equivalent to meninx (meninge) + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,450)
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.
MENINGEAL 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 12 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
MENINGEAL starts with M and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEEGILMNN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MENING
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MENINGEAL?
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