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MIRRORS
Definition of MIRRORS
noun
plural of mirror
noun
A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.
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Word DNA
MIRRORS inherits its ancestry from its root, MIRROR.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,636)
How it is built
Same root, MIRROR · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MIRRORS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
Built from these letters
MIRRORS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read IMORRRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MIRROR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MIRRORS?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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