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MICROLITH
Definition of MICROLITH
noun
A small stone tool.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From micro- + -lith. In the sense of rock components, the name was suggested by Vogelsang in 1867.
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.
MICROLITH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MICROLITH starts with M and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CHIILMORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start MICROL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MICROLITH?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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