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MEANER
Definition of MEANER
adjective
comparative form of mean: more mean
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Word DNA
MEANER inherits its ancestry from its root, MEAN.
Line of descent
8 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
51st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0%
of traced words share this origin (33)
branch · 0.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MEAN · 11 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.
MEANER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 61 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MEANER starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEEMNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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.
Could you have found MEANER?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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