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MISCREANT
Definition of MISCREANT
adjective
Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English myscreaunt, miscreaunt, from Old French mescreant (1080) "mis-believer", present participle of mescreire "to misbelieve" (modern mécroire). Cognate with French mécréant.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (829)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MISCREANT · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MISCREANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 66 boards so far. 243 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MISCREANT starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEIMNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MISCRE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found MISCREANT?
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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