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MIDWINTER
Definition of MIDWINTER
noun
The middle of winter.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English midwinter, mydwinter, mydwynter, from Old English midwinter, from Proto-West Germanic *midiwintru, from Proto-Germanic *midjawintruz (“midwinter”), equivalent to mid- + winter. Cognate with West Frisian midwinter (“midwinter”), Dutch midwinter (“midwinter”), German Mittwinter (“midwinter”), Danish midvinter (“midwinter”), Swedish midvinter (“midwinter”).
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.
MIDWINTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MIDWINTER starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEIIMNRTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Could you have found MIDWINTER?
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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