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MESOLOGY
Definition of MESOLOGY
noun
The study of the mutual interrelationships between organisms and their environment; branch of biology; former term for ecology.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From meso- + -logy; a compound with components derived from Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “meso-, middle”) + -λογία (-logía, “-logy, branch of study”). The term arose in various European languages c. 1850, but did not exist in Ancient Greek.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,555)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
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.
MESOLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 165, 1 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 165, 1 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MESOLOGY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EGLMOOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found MESOLOGY?
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 165 - and most players walked straight past it.
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