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MICROFUNGUS
Definition of MICROFUNGUS
noun
A fungus of microscopic size.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From micro- + fungus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MICROFUNGUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MICROFUNGUS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CFGIMNORSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start MICROFU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MICROFUNGUS?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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