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MIMULUS
Definition of MIMULUS
noun
Any of the genus Mimulus of flowering plants.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the genus name, translingual Mimulus.
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.
MIMULUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MIMULUS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ILMMSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M and U appear more than once.
Words that start MIMULU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MIMULUS?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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