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MESNE
Definition of MESNE
adjective
Intermediate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman mesne, a variant of moien. Doublet of mean.
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.
MESNE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 86, 14 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 80, 8 August 2026.
Built from these letters
MESNE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEMNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MESNE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MESNE?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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