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MINIATE
Definition of MINIATE
adjective
Of or relating to the colour of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Partly borrowed from Latin miniātus (adjective), partly from miniātus, perfect passive participle of miniō (“to cover with vermilion”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MINIATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MINIATE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIIMNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MINIAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found MINIATE?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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