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MITIS
Definition of MITIS
noun
A process for producing malleable iron castings by melting wrought iron, to which from 0.05 to 0.1 per cent of aluminum is added to lower the melting point, usually in a petroleum furnace, keeping the molten metal at the bubbling point until it becomes quiet, and then pouring the molten metal into a mold lined with a special mixture consisting essentially of molasses and ground burnt fire clay.
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Where it comes from
Perhaps from Latin mitis (“mild”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MITIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 107, 4 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MITIS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read IIMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start MITIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MITIS?
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