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MISLOCATION
Definition of MISLOCATION
noun
misplacement
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mis- + location.
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.
MISLOCATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 79, 7 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MISLOCATION starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACIILMNOOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and O appear more than once.
Words that start MISLOCA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MISLOCATION?
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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