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MICKEYS
Definition of MICKEYS
noun
plural of mickey
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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.
MICKEYS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MICKEYS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEIKMSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MICKEY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MICKEYS?
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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.
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