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MINESHAFT
Definition of MINESHAFT
noun
A vertical hole through the strata to reach the mineral which is being mined.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mine + shaft.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MINESHAFT · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MINESHAFT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MINESHAFT starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEFHIMNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found MINESHAFT?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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