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MELIORATE

/ˈmiːli.əɹeɪt/9 letters

Definition of MELIORATE

verb

To make better; to improve; to solve a problem.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

First attested in 1542; borrowed from Late Latin meliorātus, perfect passive participle of meliorō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from melior (“better”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MELIORATE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 4 boards so far.

Day 1Day 100
Its 4 boards, across 100 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
74
First board
96
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

crankyraven

on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

MELIORATE
9
Letters
5
Vowels
4
Consonants
8
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

MELIORATE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEILMORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start MELIOR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

MELIORISMMELIORISTMELIORITYMELIORABLEMELIORATEDMELIORATESMELIORATORMELIORISMSMELIORISTSMELIORATINGMELIORATIONMELIORATIVE

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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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.

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