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MYSTIC
Definition of MYSTIC
adjective
Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French mistique, from Latin mysticus, from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”), from μύστης (mústēs, “one who has been initiated”). Doublet of mystique.
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.
MYSTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MYSTIC starts with M and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CIMSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MYSTIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found MYSTIC?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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