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MISLIVE
Definition of MISLIVE
verb
To lead a wrong, corrupt, or evil life; to live wrongly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English misliven, from Old English mislibban (“to lead a bad life”), equivalent to mis- + live.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,961)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MISLIVE · 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.
MISLIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First found by a player on Day 91, 19 August 2026.
Built from these letters
MISLIVE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIILMSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start MISLIV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MISLIVE?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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