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MINSTRELSY
Definition of MINSTRELSY
noun
The musical and other art and craft of a minstrel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English minstralcie, from 13th century Anglo-Norman menestralsie, menestralcie, from Old French menestrel (“minstrel”), itself from Medieval Latin ministralis (“servant, jester, singer”), from Late Latin ministerialis (“imperial household officer, one having an official duty”), from the adjective ministerialis (“ministerial, servants”), from Latin ministerium (“service”).
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.
MINSTRELSY 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
MINSTRELSY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EILMNRSSTY - 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 MINSTRELSY?
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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