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MENOPAUSE
Definition of MENOPAUSE
noun
The period in a woman's life when menstruation becomes irregular and less frequent before eventually stopping altogether, usually accompanied by a range of unpleasant symptoms; the period spanning perimenopause up to postmenopause.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French ménopause, from Latin menopausis, from Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn, “month”) + παῦσις (paûsis, “pause”). Equivalent to meno- + -pause.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,702)
branch · 12.6% 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.
MENOPAUSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 107 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MENOPAUSE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEMNOPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start MENOPA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found MENOPAUSE?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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