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MIMSY

/ˈmɪmzi/5 letters

Definition of MIMSY

adjective

A nonce word in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Blend of miserable + flimsy.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

MIMSY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 122
Its one board, across 122 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
90
First board
32
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.

First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.

Built from these letters

MIMSY
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MIMSY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read IMMSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once.

Could you have found MIMSY?

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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