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MISTAKES
Definition of MISTAKES
noun
plural of mistake
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Word DNA
MISTAKES inherits its ancestry from its root, MISTAKE.
Line of descent
- Old Norse
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (776)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MISTAKE · 10 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MISTAKES 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 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
MISTAKES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEIKMSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start MISTAK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MISTAKES?
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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