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MENSA

/ˈmɛnsə/5 letters

Definition of MENSA

noun

In planetary geology, a large mesa-like area of raised land.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin mēnsa (“table, altar”). Doublet of mesa.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MENSA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 97
Its 10 boards, across 97 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
10
Boards found on
23
First board
94
Latest board
19
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

tammy

on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

MENSA
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MENSA starts with M and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEMNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

7 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start MENSA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

MENSAEMENSALMENSAS

Could you have found MENSA?

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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.

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