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MISLETOES
Definition of MISLETOES
noun
plural of misletoe
MISTLETOE · via misletoe
noun
Any of numerous hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales with white berries that grow in the crowns of apple trees, oaks, and other trees, such as the European mistletoe (Viscum album) and American mistletoe or eastern mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MISLETOES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MISLETOES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEILMOSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and E appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found MISLETOES?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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