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MISLEAD
Definition of MISLEAD
verb
To lead astray, in a false direction.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English mysleden, from Old English mislǣdan (“to mislead”), from Proto-Germanic *missalaidijaną (“to mislead”). By surface analysis, mis- + lead.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.4%
of traced words share this origin (968)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MISLEAD · 2 relatives 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.
MISLEAD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MISLEAD starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEILMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MISLEA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MISLEAD?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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