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MEALYBUGS
Definition of MEALYBUGS
noun
plural of mealybug
noun
Any of various insects of the family Pseudococcidae, which secrete a powdery wax and are pests of fruit trees.
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Word DNA
MEALYBUGS inherits its ancestry from its root, MEALYBUG.
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.
MEALYBUGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
MEALYBUGS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEGLMSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found MEALYBUGS?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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