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MECONIUM
Definition of MECONIUM
noun
A dark green mass, the contents of the fetal intestines during the later stages of mammalian gestation, that forms the first feces of the newborn.
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Where it comes from
From Latin mēcōnium (“opium; excrement of a newborn child”), from Ancient Greek μηκώνιον (mēkṓnion, “poppy-juice, opium”), from μήκων (mḗkōn, “poppy”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,601)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MECONIUM · 2 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.
MECONIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MECONIUM starts with M and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CEIMMNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M 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 MECONI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MECONIUM?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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