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MIKE
Definition of MIKE
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Mike of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.
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Where it comes from
Alteration of mic, clipping of microphone. Attested since 1927.
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.
MIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MIKE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIKM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found MIKE?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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