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MESON
Definition of MESON
noun
The mesial plane dividing the body into similar right and left halves.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek μέσον (méson, “middle”). Doublet of medium.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,789)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MESON · 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.
MESON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 65 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MESON starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EMNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 MESON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found MESON?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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