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MINUTE
Definition of MINUTE
noun
A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English mynute, minute, mynet, from Old French minute, from Medieval Latin minūta (“60th of an hour; note”). Doublet of menu and menudo.
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.
MINUTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MINUTE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIMNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MINUTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found MINUTE?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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