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MELIORIST
Definition of MELIORIST
noun
A proponent of meliorism
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin melior (“better”) and English -ist. Reportedly coined by British author George Eliot in her letters, published in 1877.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,117)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
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.
MELIORIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 87, 15 August 2026.
Built from these letters
MELIORIST starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EIILMORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start MELIOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MELIORIST?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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