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MERETRICIOUS
Definition of MERETRICIOUS
adjective
Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin meretrīcius, from meretrīx (“harlot, prostitute”), from mereō (“earn, deserve, merit”) (English merit) + -trīx (“(female agent)”) (English -trix).
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.
MERETRICIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MERETRICIOUS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEIIMORRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, R and I appear more than once.
Could you have found MERETRICIOUS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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