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MIDLISTS
Definition of MIDLISTS
Wiktionary has no entry for MIDLISTS itself. This is its base word, MIDLIST.
adjective
Unlikely to be more than modestly successful.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for MIDLIST.
From mid- + list.
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.
MIDLISTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 124, 21 September 2026.
Built from these letters
MIDLISTS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DIILMSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and S appear more than once.
Could you have found MIDLISTS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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