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MEDIATOR
Definition of MEDIATOR
noun
One who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English mediatour, mediatoure, mediatur, medyatour, from Middle French mediateur, mediatur or its etymon Latin mediātor (“one who mediates”), from mediātum, supine of mediō (“be in the middle”), from medius (“middle”). By surface analysis, mediate + -or.
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.
MEDIATOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MEDIATOR starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADEIMORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MEDIAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found MEDIATOR?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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