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MINK
Definition of MINK
noun
Any semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammal in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant: the American mink (Neogale vison) and the European mink (Mustela lutreola).
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Where it comes from
From Late Middle English mynk (“fur of the European mink”), apparently from Swedish mink, mänk, menk (“stinking animal in Finland, mink”). Compare Danish mink (“mink”), Icelandic minkur (“mink”).
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.
MINK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MINK starts with M and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read IKMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found MINK?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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