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MISSHAPE

/ˈmɪsʃeɪp/8 letters

Definition of MISSHAPE

noun

A misshapen person; a misshapen body.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From mis- + shape.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompoundmis-

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MISSHAPE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 149
Its one board, across 149 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
140
First board
9
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First ever to find it

jonasverde25

on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

MISSHAPE
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MISSHAPE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEHIMPSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

EMPHASISPHAEISMS

Words that start MISSHA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

MISSHAPEDMISSHAPENMISSHAPERMISSHAPESMISSHAPERSMISSHAPINGMISSHAPENLY

Could you have found MISSHAPE?

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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.

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