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MIMIC
Definition of MIMIC
verb
To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
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Where it comes from
From Latin mīmicus, from Ancient Greek μῑμικός (mīmikós, “belonging to mimes”), from μῖμος (mîmos, “imitator, actor”); see mime.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MIMIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 121 days.
First found by a player on Day 2, 23 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MIMIC starts with M and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CIIMM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M and I appear more than once.
Words that start MIMIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 2
Could you have found MIMIC?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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