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MISANTHROPY
Definition of MISANTHROPY
noun
A negative view or hatred of the human race.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek μισανθρωπία (misanthrōpía), from μισάνθρωπος (misánthrōpos), from μῖσος (mîsos, “hatred”) + ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “human”). The word is analysable as miso- + -anthropy.
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.
MISANTHROPY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MISANTHROPY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AHIMNOPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MISANTH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found MISANTHROPY?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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