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MIDLIFE

/ˈmɪdlaɪf/7 letters

Definition of MIDLIFE

adjective

Occurring in the middle point of one's life, usually considered about 45.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From mid- + life.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MIDLIFE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 5 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
68
First board
120
Latest board
23
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

tammy

on Day 6, 27 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

MIDLIFE
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MIDLIFE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEFIILM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start MIDLIF

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found MIDLIFE?

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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.

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