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MEERKATS
Definition of MEERKATS
noun
plural 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.
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Word DNA
MEERKATS 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 (455)
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.
MEERKATS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 82 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MEERKATS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEKMRST - 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 MEERKATS?
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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