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MEDIOCRE
Definition of MEDIOCRE
adjective
Not excellent or outstanding, usually disappointingly so.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the late Middle English medioker, from the French médiocre, from the Middle French médiocre, from the Classical Latin mediocris (“in a middle state”, “of middle size”, “middling”, “moderate”, “ordinary”, from medius (“middle”) + ocris (“rugged mountain”)); compare mediocrely and mediocrity.
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.
MEDIOCRE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 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 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MEDIOCRE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEEIMOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start MEDIOC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found MEDIOCRE?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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