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MIMESIS
Definition of MIMESIS
noun
The representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions, in literature and art.
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Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek μῑ́μησις (mī́mēsis), from μιμεῖσθαι (mimeîsthai, “to imitate”), from μῖμος (mîmos, “a mime”). By surface analysis, mime + -esis.
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.
MIMESIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MIMESIS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIIMMSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M, I and S appear more than once.
Words that start MIMESI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MIMESIS?
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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