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AMUSE
Definition of AMUSE
verb
To entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to stir (someone) with pleasing emotions.
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Where it comes from
From Late Middle English *amusen (“to mutter, be astonished, gaze meditatively on”), from Old French amuser (“to stupefy, waste time, be lost in thought”), from a- + muser (“to stare stupidly at, gape, wander, waste time, loiter, think carefully about, attend to”), of uncertain and obscure origin. Cognate with Occitan musa (“idle waiting”), Italian musare (“to gape idly about”). Possibly from Old French *mus (“snout”) from Vulgar Latin *mūsa (“snout”) — compare Medieval Latin mūsum (“muzzle, snout”) –, from Proto-Germanic *mū- (“muzzle, snout”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“lips, muzzle”). Compare North Frisian müs, mös (“mouth”), German Maul (“muzzle, snout”). Alternative etymology connects muser and musa with Frankish *muoza (“careful attention, leisure, idleness”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtǭ (“leave, permission”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to acquire, possess, control”). This would make it a cognate of Dutch musen (“to leisure”), Old High German *muoza (“careful attention, leisure, idleness”) and muozōn (“to be idle, have leisure or opportunity”), German Muße (“leisure”). More at empty.
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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.
AMUSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AMUSE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEMSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start AMUSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found AMUSE?
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