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MIRBANES
Definition of MIRBANES
Wiktionary has no entry for MIRBANES itself. This is its base word, MIRBANE.
noun
Nitrobenzene.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for MIRBANE.
From Middle French myrobolan, aromatic nuts used in per- fumery, ultimately from Greek μύρον, unguent, perfume, and βάλανος, acorn. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from French?”)
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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.
MIRBANES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 107, 4 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MIRBANES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEIMNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found MIRBANES?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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