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MERIDIANS
Definition of MERIDIANS
noun
plural of meridian
noun
In full celestial meridian: a great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the Earth's surface. In full terrestrial meridian: a great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles (the terrestrial North Pole and South Pole); also, half of such a circle extending from pole to pole, all points of which have the same longitude.
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Word DNA
MERIDIANS inherits its ancestry from its root, MERIDIAN.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.5%
of traced words share this origin (24,890)
branch · 30.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MERIDIAN · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MERIDIANS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MERIDIANS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEIIMNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MERIDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found MERIDIANS?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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