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MISROUTE
Definition of MISROUTE
verb
To route incorrectly; to send the wrong way.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mis- + route.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MISROUTE · 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.
MISROUTE 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 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 82, 10 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MISROUTE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIMORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MISROU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MISROUTE?
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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