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MEALYBUG
Definition of MEALYBUG
noun
Any of various insects of the family Pseudococcidae, which secrete a powdery wax and are pests of fruit trees.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mealy + bug, from the appearance of the powder which resembles meal (“flour”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MEALYBUG · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MEALYBUG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 45 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MEALYBUG starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ABEGLMUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found MEALYBUG?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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