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MEETS
Definition of MEETS
noun
plural of meet
verb
To make contact (with someone) while in proximity. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
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Word DNA
MEETS inherits its ancestry from its root, MEET.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,595)
How it is built
Same root, MEET · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Scots, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MEETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 45 days.
First found by a player on Day 49, 8 July 2026.
Built from these letters
MEETS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found MEETS?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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