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MICROSKIRT
Definition of MICROSKIRT
noun
An extremely short miniskirt with its hemline at the upper thigh, at or just below crotch or underwear level.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From micro- + skirt, by analogy with miniskirt.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MICROSKIRT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 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
MICROSKIRT starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CIIKMORRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and R appear more than once.
Words that start MICROS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MICROSKIRT?
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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