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MIDWIFE
Definition of MIDWIFE
noun
A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English midwif, corresponding to mid (“with”) + wif (“woman, wife, female”). It appears not to be entirely clear whether the original understanding was “with-woman” in the sense of “attending/assisting woman”, or “they who are with the woman” (namely the mother).
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.
MIDWIFE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 92 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MIDWIFE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEFIIMW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start MIDWIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found MIDWIFE?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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