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MUNDANE
Definition of MUNDANE
adjective
Worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English mondeyne, from Old French mondain, from Late Latin mundānus, from Latin mundus (“world”). Compare Danish mondæn. (ordinary): Compare typologically Russian несусве́тный (nesusvétnyj) (<~ не- (ne-) + (rare) сусве́тный (susvétnyj) < свет (svet)).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Danish, Russian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MUNDANE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 198 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUNDANE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEMNNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MUNDAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MUNDANE?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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