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MRIDANGA
Definition of MRIDANGA
noun
Alternative form of mridangam.
MRIDANGAM
noun
A percussion instrument used in southern Indian music, consisting of a two-sided drum whose body is usually made from a hollowed piece of jackfruit wood.
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Word DNA
MRIDANGA inherits its ancestry from its root, MRIDANGAM.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
21st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (355)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MRIDANGAM · 4 relatives 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.
MRIDANGA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MRIDANGA starts with M and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AADGIMNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MRIDAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found MRIDANGA?
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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