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MIFF

/mɪf/4 letters

Definition of MIFF

noun

A small argument; a quarrel.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Compare German muffeln (“grouse, grumble”) and similar German words with similar meanings such as Muff, mupf, Muffel and Dutch moppen (“growl, grouse”). Probably related to mop (“grimace”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MIFF in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its one board, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
117
First board
3
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

mamayuv

on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

MIFF
4
Letters
1
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MIFF starts with M and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read FFIM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start MIFF

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

MIFFSMIFFYMIFFEDMIFFIERMIFFILYMIFFINGMIFFIESTMIFFINESSMIFFINESSES

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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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.

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