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ENMESH

/ɛnˈmɛʃ/6 letters

Definition of ENMESH

verb

To mesh; to tangle or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated, particularly in a mesh- or net-like manner.

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Other senses

ENMESH carries 4 further meanings.

  1. transitive verb

    To entangle or catch in or as if in a mesh. synonym: catch.

  2. To inclose in or as if in meshes; immesh; entangle; snare.

  3. transitive verb

    To catch or entangle in, or as in, meshes.

  4. verb

    To mesh; to tangle or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated, particularly in a mesh or net like manner.

Where it comes from

From en- + mesh.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

verb2 syllablescompounden-

Same root, ENMESH · 2 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

ENMESH in a sentence

“One of the more shaming aspects of the phone-hacking affair and all the interlocking circles of corruption and compromise is that they expose a huge failure in my generation, which has allowed Murdoch to enmesh our politics, media and police.”

Murdoch's banishment is but the first step in cleaning up the media | Henry Porter, 2011

Rarity score
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ENMESH in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 110 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 151
Its 41 boards, across 151 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
41
Boards found on
7
First board
150
Latest board
21
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

janeranie

on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ENMESH
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ENMESH starts with E and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read EEHMNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that mean much the same

Near-synonyms of ENMESH. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.

Words that start ENMESH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ENMESHEDENMESHESENMESHINGENMESHMENTENMESHMENTS

Could you have found ENMESH?

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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

from The Century Dictionary.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

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