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MISGOVERN
Definition of MISGOVERN
verb
To govern badly or wrongly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mis- + govern.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MISGOVERN · 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.
MISGOVERN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MISGOVERN starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EGIMNORSV - 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 MISGOV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found MISGOVERN?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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