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MINSTRELS
Definition of MINSTRELS
noun
plural of minstrel
noun
Originally, an entertainer employed to juggle, play music, sing, tell stories, etc.; a buffoon, a fool, a jester; later, a medieval (especially travelling) entertainer who would recite and sing poetry, often to their own musical accompaniment.
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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.
MINSTRELS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MINSTRELS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EILMNRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start MINSTR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MINSTRELS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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