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MERGE
Definition of MERGE
verb
To combine into a whole.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin mergō (“to dip; dip in; plunge; sink down into; immerse; overwhelm”).
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.
MERGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
MERGE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEGMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start MERGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found MERGE?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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