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MYAL

/ˈmaɪ.əl/4 letters

Definition of MYAL

adjective

Relating to muscle.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From myo- + -al.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompound-almyo-

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MYAL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 4 boards so far.

Day 1Day 159
Its 4 boards, across 159 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
72
First board
150
Latest board
48
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First ever to find it

vardibidian

on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

MYAL
4
Letters
1
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MYAL starts with M and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ALMY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start MYAL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

MYALLMYALLSMYALGIAMYALGICMYALISMMYALISTMYALGIASMYALISMSMYALISTS

Could you have found MYAL?

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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