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MIMICRY
Definition of MIMICRY
noun
An act or ability to simulate or effect the appearance, characteristics, or behavior of someone or something else.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mimic + -ry.
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.
MIMICRY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 14 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 32 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
MIMICRY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CIIMMRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M and I appear more than once.
Words that start MIMICR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MIMICRY?
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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