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MOVIE
Definition of MOVIE
noun
A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film; a video.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From moving (picture) + -ie. Attested since at least 1912 (if not 1908), originally in American English.
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.
MOVIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 2, 23 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MOVIE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIMOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MOVIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MOVIE?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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