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MIMEOGRAPH
Definition of MIMEOGRAPH
noun
A machine for making printed copies using typed stencil, eventually superseded by photocopying.
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Where it comes from
A genericization from a trade name coined by A. B. Dick in 1889. From μῖμος (mîmos) + -γράφος (-gráphos); by surface analysis, mimeo + -graph (but diachronically, mimeo came from mimeograph, not the reverse).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MIMEOGRAPH · 3 relatives 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.
MIMEOGRAPH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 81 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MIMEOGRAPH starts with M and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AEGHIMMOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once.
Words that start MIMEOG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MIMEOGRAPH?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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