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MEERKAT
Definition of MEERKAT
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.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Afrikaans meerkat, transferred use of Dutch meerkat (“guenon [monkey]”), from Middle Dutch meercatte (literally “sea cat”), compare English mercat. Sometimes suggested to be influenced by or derived from an Indian source; compare Hindi मर्कट (markaṭ, “ape, monkey”) and Sanskrit मर्कट (markaṭa). Note however Old High German merikazza, so any influence from Indo-Aryan would have to be exceptionally early.
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Word DNA
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 (463)
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.
MEERKAT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 86 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MEERKAT starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEEKMRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found MEERKAT?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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