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MESODERM
Definition of MESODERM
noun
One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which will produce, through development, many internal organs of the adult, e.g. muscles, spine and the circulatory system.
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Where it comes from
From meso- + -derm.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MESODERM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
Built from these letters
MESODERM starts with M and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read DEEMMORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M and E appear more than once.
Words that start MESODE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MESODERM?
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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.
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