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MENSCH
Definition of MENSCH
noun
A person of strength, integrity, and honor or compassion; a gentleman.
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Where it comes from
From Yiddish מענטש (mentsh, “an honorable person”), from Middle High German mensch, mensche, mennische, from Old High German mennisko (“man, human being”), from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz (“human”). The spelling mensch was influenced by German Mensch; compare the alternative spellings. Doublet of mennish; compare also mense. For the semantics, compare Latin humanē (“kindly, courteously”), English humane.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Proto-Germanic
- Yiddish
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (980)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MENSCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 58 boards so far. 206 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MENSCH starts with M and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CEHMNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MENSCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found MENSCH?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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