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METE
Definition of METE
verb
To dispense, measure in order to dispense, allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).
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Where it comes from
From Middle English meten, from Old English metan (“to measure, mete out, mark off, compare, estimate; pass over, traverse”), from Proto-West Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic *metaną (“to measure”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, consider”). Cognate with Scots mete (“to measure”), Saterland Frisian meete (“to measure”), West Frisian mjitte (“to measure”), Dutch meten (“to measure”), German messen (“to measure”), Swedish mäta (“to measure”), Latin modus (“limit, measure, target”), Ancient Greek μεδίμνος (medímnos, “measure, bushel”), Ancient Greek μέδεσθαι (médesthai, “care for”), Old Armenian միտ (mit, “mind”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
METE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
METE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEMT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start METE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found METE?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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