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MYTHOPOEIC
Definition of MYTHOPOEIC
adjective
Giving rise to myths; pertaining to the creation of myth.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Hellenistic Ancient Greek μυθοποιία (muthopoiía, “mythopoeia”) + -ic.
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.
MYTHOPOEIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 81, 9 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
MYTHOPOEIC starts with M and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEHIMOOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MYTHOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found MYTHOPOEIC?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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