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MINEFIELD

/ˈmaɪnˌfild/9 letters

Definition of MINEFIELD

noun

An area in which land mines or naval mines have been laid.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From mine + field. Compare Saterland Frisian Mienenfäield (“minefield”), West Frisian mynfjild (“minefield”), Dutch mijnenveld (“minefield”), German Low German Minenfeld (“minefield”), German Minenfeld (“minefield”), Danish minefelt (“minefield”), Swedish minfält (“minefield”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

MINEFIELD in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 5 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
44
First board
102
Latest board
25
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 44, 3 July 2026.

Built from these letters

MINEFIELD
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

MINEFIELD starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEFIILMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once.

Words that start MINEFI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.

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