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MISSAL
Definition of MISSAL
noun
A prayer book; a church service (book). A book containing the prayers and responses needed when celebrating the Roman Catholic Mass throughout the year.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French messel (“book of the Mass”).
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.
MISSAL 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
MISSAL starts with M and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AILMSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 MISSAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MISSAL?
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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