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MOME
Definition of MOME
noun
A dull or stupid person.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Ultimately from the name of Momus, god of mirth, through Latin and Old French.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,433)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MOME · 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.
MOME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOME starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EMMO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MOME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MOME?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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