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MEDDLE
Definition of MEDDLE
verb
To interfere in or with; to concern oneself with unduly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English medlen, from Anglo-Norman medler, from Early Medieval Latin misculāre, derived from Latin misceō (“to mix”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MEDDLE · 3 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.
MEDDLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MEDDLE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DDEELM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and D appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MEDDLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MEDDLE?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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