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MIHRAB
Definition of MIHRAB
noun
A niche in a mosque that indicates the qibla (direction of Mecca), and into which the imam prays.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Arabic مِحْرَاب (miḥrāb).
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.
MIHRAB in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 83, 11 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 37 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MIHRAB starts with M and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read ABHIMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found MIHRAB?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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