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MENSTRUAL
Definition of MENSTRUAL
adjective
Of or relating to the menses.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English menstruall, from Latin mēnstruālis, from mēnstrua (“menses”), from neuter plural of mēnstruus (“of a month, monthly, of menstruation”), from mēnsis (“month”) + -ālis (“-al”); see moon.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,633)
branch · 33.1% 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.
MENSTRUAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 54 boards so far. 104 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 6, 27 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MENSTRUAL starts with M and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AELMNRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MENSTR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found MENSTRUAL?
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