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MOURNIVAL
Definition of MOURNIVAL
noun
In the game of gleek, and other card games, a set of four cards of the same face value.
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Where it comes from
Perhaps from French mornifle (“a card game”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,155)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MOURNIVAL · 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.
MOURNIVAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOURNIVAL starts with M and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AILMNORUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MOURNI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MOURNIVAL?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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