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MEASE
Definition of MEASE
noun
A measure of varying quantity, often five or six (long or short) hundred, used especially when counting herring.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The English Dialect Dictionary suggests Old Norse meiss (“wooden box, as would be used for counting fish”) as a source; The Century Dictionary suggests that the term comes via Old French from a Latin word *mesa (“barrel”). One can also compare German Mass (“measure”) and indeed measure itself.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MEASE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MEASE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEMS - 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.
Words that start MEASE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found MEASE?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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