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MESOPHYTE

/ˈmɛsə(ʊ)fʌɪt/9 letters

Definition of MESOPHYTE

noun

Any normal terrestrial plant that grows in environments that have an average supply of water.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From French mésophyte, equivalent to meso- (“middle”) + -phyte (“plant”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. French
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

French

Deepest traced root

5th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

5.3%

of traced words share this origin (4,282)

Romance

branch · 12.8% of traced words

How it is built

noun4 syllablescompound-phytemeso-

Same root, MESOPHYTE · 1 relative in the game

Every French word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MESOPHYTE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 163
Its 19 boards, across 163 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
19
Boards found on
67
First board
157
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First ever to find it

captbunnywabbit

on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

MESOPHYTE
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MESOPHYTE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEHMOPSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start MESOPH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found MESOPHYTE?

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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.

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