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MIEN
Definition of MIEN
noun
Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French mine (“appearance”) (whence also Danish mine and German Miene), perhaps from Breton min (“face of an animal”), or from Latin minio (“to redden”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MIEN · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MIEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 58 boards so far. 112 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MIEN starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EIMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found MIEN?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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