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MEANS
Definition of MEANS
noun
plural of mean
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mean (“method or course of action used to achieve some result”). Compare French moyens, German Mittel.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MEAN · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MEANS in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 61 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MEANS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEMNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
7 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found MEANS?
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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