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MIXOLOGY
Definition of MIXOLOGY
noun
The art of combining various ingredients to create cocktails.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation from mixologist. By surface analysis, mix + -ology.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MIXOLOGY · 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.
MIXOLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 242 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MIXOLOGY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read GILMOOXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start MIXOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found MIXOLOGY?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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