The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
MELEE
Definition of MELEE
noun
A battle fought at close range, one not involving ranged weapons; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French mêlée, from Old French meslee, feminine past participle of mesler (“to mix”), derived from Latin misceō (“mix”). Doublet of medley.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MELEE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 113, 10 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MELEE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEELM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found MELEE?
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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
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