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MERLED
Definition of MERLED
adjective
With a coat in a merle pattern.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From merle + -ed.
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.
MERLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 103, 31 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 103, 31 August 2026.
Built from these letters
MERLED starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEELMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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.
Could you have found MERLED?
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 103 - and most players walked straight past it.
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