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MISTRAINED
Definition of MISTRAINED
verb
simple past and past participle of mistrain
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Word DNA
MISTRAINED inherits its ancestry from its root, MISTRAIN.
How it is built
Same root, MISTRAIN · 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.
MISTRAINED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 102, 30 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MISTRAINED starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEIIMNRST - 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 MISTRAINED?
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.
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