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MINACIOUS
Definition of MINACIOUS
adjective
Synonym of threatening, in its various senses.
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Where it comes from
From Late Latin minacia (“threat”) + -ious, from Latin minax (“threatening”) + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns). Cf. Italian minaccioso, attested 1532.
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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.
MINACIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MINACIOUS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACIIMNOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start MINACI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MINACIOUS?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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