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MEERCATS
Definition of MEERCATS
noun
plural of meercat
MEERKAT · via meercat
noun
Suricata suricatta, a small carnivorous mammal of the mongoose family, from the Kalahari Desert, known for its habit of standing on its hind legs.
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Word DNA
MEERCATS inherits its ancestry from its root, MEERKAT.
Line of descent
- Middle Dutch
- Afrikaans
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
19th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (460)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MEERKAT · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German, Hindi, Sanskrit.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MEERCATS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MEERCATS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEEMRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found MEERCATS?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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