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MISDIAL
Definition of MISDIAL
verb
To dial or use a keypad incorrectly, especially on a telephone.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mis- + dial.
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.
MISDIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MISDIAL starts with M and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADIILMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I 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.
Words that start MISDIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MISDIAL?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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