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MISSPEAK
Definition of MISSPEAK
verb
To fail to pronounce, utter, or speak correctly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English misspeken, mispeken, mysspeken, from Old English *misspecan, missprecan (“to murmur”), equivalent to mis- + speak.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,054)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MISSPEAK · 1 relative 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.
MISSPEAK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MISSPEAK starts with M and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AEIKMPSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MISSPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MISSPEAK?
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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