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MIDWINTERS
Definition of MIDWINTERS
noun
plural of midwinter
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Word DNA
MIDWINTERS inherits its ancestry from its root, MIDWINTER.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (980)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MIDWINTER · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MIDWINTERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 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 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
MIDWINTERS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEIIMNRSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Could you have found MIDWINTERS?
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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