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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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Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,299)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
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 16 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
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.
Also seen on Day 29
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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