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MYRIAD
Definition of MYRIAD
noun
Ten thousand; 10,000 Synonym of decamillennium: a period of 10000 years.
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Where it comes from
From French myriade, from Late Latin mȳriadem (accusative of mȳrias), from Ancient Greek μυριάς (muriás, “number of 10,000”), from μυρίος (muríos, “numberless, countless, infinite”). By surface analysis, myria- + -ad.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,672)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MYRIAD · 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.
MYRIAD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 69 boards so far. 234 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 2, 23 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MYRIAD starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADIMRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MYRIAD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 2
Could you have found MYRIAD?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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