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MIDGIEST
Definition of MIDGIEST
Wiktionary has no entry for MIDGIEST itself. This is its base word, MIDGY.
noun
Synonym of midge (“small biting fly”).
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for MIDGY.
From midge + -y (diminutive suffix).
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.
MIDGIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MIDGIEST starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DEGIIMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start MIDGIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found MIDGIEST?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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