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MEGASECOND
Definition of MEGASECOND
noun
An SI unit of time equal to 10 seconds. Symbol: Ms. (= 11.5741 days)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mega- + second.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MEGASECOND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 165, 1 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 165, 1 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MEGASECOND starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEGMNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found MEGASECOND?
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 165 - and most players walked straight past it.
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