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METAYER
Definition of METAYER
noun
One who cultivates land for a share (usually half) of its yield, receiving stock, tools, and seed from the landlord.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French métayer.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
METAYER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 71 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
METAYER starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEEMRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start METAYE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found METAYER?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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