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MERMAID
Definition of MERMAID
noun
A mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English mermayde (“maid of the sea”), from mere (“sea, lake”) + maid, equivalent to mer- + maid. Cognate with Dutch meermeid (“mermaid”), Middle High German mermaget, mermeit (“mermaid”, > German Meermagd, Meermädchen (“mermaid”)). Compare Old English meremenn, meremennen, meremenin (“mermaid, siren”).
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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.
MERMAID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MERMAID starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEIMMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once.
Words that start MERMAI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MERMAID?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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