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MERDES
Definition of MERDES
Wiktionary has no entry for MERDES itself. This is its base word, MERD.
noun
Ordure; dung, shit, excrement.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for MERD.
Borrowed from French merde and Latin merda. Doublet of mierda and merde.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MERDES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 93, 21 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MERDES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEEMRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found MERDES?
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 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
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