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MYSTIFIER
Definition of MYSTIFIER
noun
A person who obscures or muddles information, making something appear to be a mystery.
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Where it comes from
From mystify + -er.
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.
MYSTIFIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 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 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MYSTIFIER starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EFIIMRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start MYSTIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found MYSTIFIER?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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