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MELANISTIC
Definition of MELANISTIC
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting melanism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From melan(in) + -istic.
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.
MELANISTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MELANISTIC starts with M and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEIILMNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I 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 MELANI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found MELANISTIC?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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