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MILDEW
Definition of MILDEW
noun
A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English myldew, from Old English mildēaw, meledēaw, from Proto-West Germanic *milidauw, from *mili (“honey”) + *dauw (“dew”). Compare West Frisian moaldau, Dutch meeldauw, German Mehltau. More at dew.
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.
MILDEW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 97 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MILDEW starts with M and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read DEILMW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MILDEW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found MILDEW?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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