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MEMOIR
Definition of MEMOIR
noun
An autobiography; a book describing the personal experiences of an author.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French mémoire, from Middle French memoire, from Old French memoire, from Latin memoria. Doublet of memoria and memory.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,695)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MEMOIR · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MEMOIR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 153, 20 October 2026.
Built from these letters
MEMOIR starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EIMMOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once.
Words that start MEMOIR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MEMOIR?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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