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MINUTIAE

/maɪˈn(j)uːʃ(ɪ)ˌiː/8 letters

Definition of MINUTIAE

noun

plural of minutia

MINUTIA

noun

A minor detail, often of negligible importance.

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Where it comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun4 syllables

Same root, MINUTIA · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MINUTIAE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 53 boards so far. 200 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 157
Its 53 boards, across 157 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
53
Boards found on
11
First board
152
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.

Built from these letters

MINUTIAE
8
Letters
5
Vowels
3
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
3
Longest vowel run

MINUTIAE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIIMNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start MINUTI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found MINUTIAE?

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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.

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