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MEND
Definition of MEND
verb
To physically repair (something that is broken, defaced, decayed, torn, or otherwise damaged).
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Where it comes from
From Middle English menden (“to cure; to do good to, benefit; to do or make better, improve; to get better, recover; to keep in a good state; to put right, amend; to reform, repent”), the aphetic form of amenden (“to alter, change (especially for the better); to atone; to chastise, punish; to correct, remedy, amend; to cure; to excel, surpass; to forgive; to get or make better, improve; to make ready; to mend, repair, restore; to get well, recover; to relieve”), or from its etymon Anglo-Norman amender and Old French amender (“to cure; to fix, repair; to set right, correct”) (modern French amender), from Latin ēmendāre, the present active infinitive of ēmendō (“to atone; to chastise, punish; to correct, remedy, amend; to cure”), from ē- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’)) + mendum (“defect; error, fault”) (from Proto-Indo-European *mend- (“defect; fault”)) + -ō (suffix forming first-conjugation verbs).
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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.
MEND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
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Built from these letters
MEND starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MEND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found MEND?
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