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MILLET
Definition of MILLET
noun
Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.
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Where it comes from
From late Middle English, borrowed from Middle French millet; from Latin milium, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”), see also Ancient Greek μελίνη (melínē, “millet”) and Lithuanian málnos (“millet”). Not related to مِلَّة (milla).
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.
MILLET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MILLET starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EILLMT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found MILLET?
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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