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MERINGS
Definition of MERINGS
Wiktionary has no entry for MERINGS itself. This is its base word, MERE.
adjective
Just, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for MERE.
From Middle English mere, mer, from Anglo-Norman meer, from Old French mier, from Latin merus (“pure, unmixed, undiluted”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to sparkle, gleam”). Cognate with Old English āmerian, āmyrian (“to purify, examine, revise”). The Middle English word was perhaps influenced by or conflated with sound-alike Middle English mere (“glorious, noble, splendid, fine, pure”), from Old English mǣre (“famous, great, excellent, sublime, splendid, pure, sterling”), from Proto-West Germanic *mārī, from Proto-Germanic *mērijaz.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MERINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
Built from these letters
MERINGS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGIMNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MERING
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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