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MERSE
Definition of MERSE
noun
Alluvial, often marshy land by the side of a river, estuary or sea.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Middle English merse, variant form of mersh, whence also marsh (see that entry for more).
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.
MERSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MERSE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEMRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 MERSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found MERSE?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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