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MISHANDLED
Definition of MISHANDLED
verb
simple past and past participle of mishandle
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Word DNA
MISHANDLED inherits its ancestry from its root, MISHANDLE.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,995)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MISHANDLE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MISHANDLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MISHANDLED starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADDEHILMNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Words that start MISHAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MISHANDLED?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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