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MESA
Definition of MESA
noun
A flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested 1759, from Spanish mesa (“table”), from Latin mēnsa. Doublet of mensa.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MESA · 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.
MESA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MESA starts with M and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MESA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found MESA?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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