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MORINGA
Definition of MORINGA
noun
Any of several trees, of genus Moringa, that grow in tropical and subtropical India and Africa.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from translingual Moringa, probably from Malayalam മുരിങ്ങ (muriṅṅa).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Malay
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
28th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (100)
branch · 0.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MORINGA · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MORINGA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MORINGA starts with M and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AGIMNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found MORINGA?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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