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MEASLE

/ˈmiːzəl/6 letters

Definition of MEASLE

noun

A red spot of the kind that appears on the skin of someone suffering from measles.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English mesel, from Old French mesel (“leprous”), from Latin misellus (“wretched", "unfortunate”), diminutive of miser (“wretched, sick”), of unknown ultimate origin.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

MEASLE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 15 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
15
Boards found on
26
First board
101
Latest board
19
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

wickedsmart

on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

MEASLE
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start MEASLE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

MEASLEDMEASLES

Could you have found MEASLE?

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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.

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