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MEPHITIS
Definition of MEPHITIS
noun
A poisonous or foul-smelling gas, especially as emitted from the earth; an unpleasant smell.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin mefītis, mephītis, from the name of a Samnite goddess who personified the poisonous gases emitted from swamps and volcanoes.
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
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% 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.
MEPHITIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 86, 14 August 2026.
Built from these letters
MEPHITIS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHIIMPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start MEPHIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MEPHITIS?
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 83 - and most players walked straight past it.
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