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MISCAST

/mɪsˈkæst/7 letters

Definition of MISCAST

verb

To cast or reckon incorrectly.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English miscasten, equivalent to mis- + cast.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Middle English
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Middle English

Deepest traced root

4th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

7.4%

of traced words share this origin (1,912)

Germanic

branch · 22.8% of traced words

How it is built

verb2 syllablescompoundmis-

Every Middle English word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Tier
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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.

MISCAST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 129
Its one board, across 129 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
124
First board
5
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First found by a player on Day 124, 21 September 2026.

Built from these letters

MISCAST
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MISCAST starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACIMSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

MASTICSMISACTS

Words that start MISCAS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

MISCASTSMISCASTING

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