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MISERABLE
Definition of MISERABLE
adjective
In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French miserable, from Old French, from Latin miserabilis, equivalent to miser + -able.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.5%
of traced words share this origin (24,890)
branch · 30.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MISERABLE · 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.
MISERABLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MISERABLE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEEILMRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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 MISERA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found MISERABLE?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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