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MENINGES
Definition of MENINGES
noun
The three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin mēningēs, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek μῆνιγξ (mêninx, “membrane”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,613)
branch · 12.3% 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.
MENINGES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MENINGES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEGIMNNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once.
Words that start MENING
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MENINGES?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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