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MISLAY
Definition of MISLAY
verb
To leave or lay something in the wrong place and then forget where one put it.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English mysse layen, equivalent to mis- + lay.
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.
MISLAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MISLAY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AILMSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MISLAY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MISLAY?
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 83 - and most players walked straight past it.
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