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MRIDANGS
Definition of MRIDANGS
noun
plural of mridang
MRIDANGAM · via mridang
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
MRIDANGS 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 (356)
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.
MRIDANGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 127, 24 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MRIDANGS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADGIMNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MRIDAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MRIDANGS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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