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MILLSTONE

/ˈmɪlstəʊn/9 letters

Definition of MILLSTONE

noun

A large round stone used for grinding grain.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English mylneston, milneston, from Old English mylenstān (“millstone”), from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu + *stain; equivalent to mill + stone; cognate with Danish møllesten, Middle Dutch molensteen (modern Dutch molensteen), West Frisian molestien, Norwegian Bokmål møllestein, Old Saxon mulinstēn (Middle Low German mȫlenstēn), Old High German mulinstein, mülstein (Middle High German mülstein, modern German Mühlstein).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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MILLSTONE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

fweez

on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

MILLSTONE
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MILLSTONE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EILLMNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start MILLST

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

MILLSTONESMILLSTREAMMILLSTREAMS

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