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MESOTHORAX
Definition of MESOTHORAX
noun
The middle of the three segments of the thorax of an insect, carrying the second pair of legs, and the forewings when present.
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Where it comes from
From meso- + thorax.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
MESOTHORAX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MESOTHORAX starts with M and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read AEHMOORSTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start MESOTH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MESOTHORAX?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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