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MIME
Definition of MIME
noun
A form of acting without words; pantomime.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Possibly from Middle English mime, from Old English mīma (“a buffoon, jester, mime”), from Latin mimus, from Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos, “imitator, actor”), but more likely re-borrowed in modern times from French mime (“mimic actor”), from the same source.
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.
MIME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
MIME starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIMM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once.
Words that start MIME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MIME?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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