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MEADER
Definition of MEADER
noun
A mower.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English *medere, from Old English mǣþere (“a mower”), equivalent to math + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,130)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MEAD · 8 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.
MEADER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 172, 8 November 2026.
Built from these letters
MEADER starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADEEMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found MEADER?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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