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MEDIOCRITY
Definition of MEDIOCRITY
noun
The condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French médiocrité, from Latin mediocritās, from mediocris; by surface analysis, mediocre + -ity.
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.
MEDIOCRITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
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
MEDIOCRITY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CDEIIMORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I 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 MEDIOC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found MEDIOCRITY?
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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