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MIRO
Definition of MIRO
noun
A large conifer of New Zealand, Pectinopitys ferruginea (syn. Prumnopitys ferruginea), with narrow leaves and reddish fruit; the wood of this tree.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Māori miro.
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.
MIRO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MIRO starts with M and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read IMOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MIRO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MIRO?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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