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MISSION
Definition of MISSION
noun
A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.
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Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin missiō, missiōnem (“a sending, sending away, dispatching, discharging, release, remission, cessation”).
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.
MISSION 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 found by a player on Day 124, 21 September 2026.
Built from these letters
MISSION starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read IIMNOSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MISSIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MISSION?
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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