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MYTH

/mɪθ/4 letters

Definition of MYTH

noun

A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; a sacred narrative regarding a god, a hero, the origin of the world or of a people, etc.

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Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “word, humour, companion, speech, account, rumour, fable”). Attested in English since 1830. Doublet of mythos.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

MYTH in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 121
Its 15 boards, across 121 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
15
Boards found on
10
First board
117
Latest board
16
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

ghelfer

on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

MYTH
4
Letters
0
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
0
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start MYTH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found MYTH?

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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.

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