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MEME
Definition of MEME
noun
Any unit of (originally cultural) information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.
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Where it comes from
Clipping of mimeme, equivalent to mime + -eme. Coined by British biologist Richard Dawkins in 1976 in his book The Selfish Gene. Shortened (after gene) from mimeme (compare English phoneme), anglicized as if from a noun derived from Ancient Greek μῑμέομαι (mīméomai) with the deverbal suffix -μα (-ma), from μῖμος (mîmos, “imitation, copy”). The concept was later applied to the Internet by Mike Godwin.
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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.
MEME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
MEME starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEMM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M and E appear more than once.
Words that start MEME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MEME?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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