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MILKWOODS
Definition of MILKWOODS
noun
plural of milkwood
noun
Any of a number of trees with milky sap: Sideroxylon inermis, the white milkwood Mimusops zeyheri, the Transvaal red milkwood. Alstonia scholaris (scholar tree, milky pine), and other species in the genus Alstonia. Trimeris scaevolifolia, a tree endemic to the Atlantic island of St. Helena. Many species of the genus Tabernaemontana, that are native to the Americas.
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Word DNA
MILKWOODS inherits its ancestry from its root, MILKWOOD.
How it is built
Same root, MILKWOOD · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MILKWOODS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MILKWOODS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DIKLMOOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MILKWO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MILKWOODS?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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