The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
MISTRAIN
Definition of MISTRAIN
verb
To draw (something) badly or in the wrong direction.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mis- + train.
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.
MISTRAIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
Built from these letters
MISTRAIN starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AIIMNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
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 MISTRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MISTRAIN?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER