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MIRE
Definition of MIRE
noun
Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English mire, a borrowing from Old Norse mýrr, from Proto-Germanic *miuzijō, whence also Swedish myr, Norwegian myr, Icelandic mýri, Dutch *mier (in placenames, for example Mierlo). Related to Proto-Germanic *meusą, whence Old English mēos, and Proto-Germanic *musą, whence Old English mos (English moss).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
7 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.8%
of traced words share this origin (241)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MIRE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MIRE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 59 boards so far. 99 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MIRE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MIRE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found MIRE?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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