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MISDO

/mɪsˈduː/5 letters

Definition of MISDO

verb

To do evil; to commit misdeeds.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English misdon, from Old English misdōn (“to do evil, transgress, do amiss, err”), from Proto-Germanic *missadōną (“to do wrongly”), from *missa- (“mis-”), *dōną (“to do”). Corresponding to mis- + do. Cognate with Old Frisian misdūa (“to misdo”), Dutch misdoen (“to offend, do wrongly”), Middle Low German misdōn (“to misdo”), Middle High German missetuon (“to transgress, offend, blame”). More at mis-, do.

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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.

MISDO in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 3 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
72
First board
105
Latest board
19
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.

First ever to find it

gam3

on Day 86, 14 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

MISDO
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MISDO starts with M and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read DIMOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start MISDO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

MISDOERMISDOESMISDONEMISDOERSMISDOINGMISDONNEMISDOUBTMISDOINGSMISDOUBTSMISDOUBTEDMISDOUBTFULMISDOUBTING

Could you have found MISDO?

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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