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MELIORATE
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).
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.
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
on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
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.
Could you have found MELIORATE?
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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