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MICROLOANS
Definition of MICROLOANS
noun
plural of microloan
noun
A small loan, especially one extended to a poor person as part of a microcredit program of such lending intended to alleviate poverty.
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Word DNA
MICROLOANS inherits its ancestry from its root, MICROLOAN.
How it is built
Same root, MICROLOAN · 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.
MICROLOANS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 93, 21 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MICROLOANS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACILMNOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start MICROL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MICROLOANS?
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 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
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