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MOANIEST
Definition of MOANIEST
adjective
superlative form of moany: most moany
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Word DNA
MOANIEST inherits its ancestry from its root, MOAN.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (4,019)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MOAN · 7 relatives 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.
MOANIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 156, 23 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 156, 23 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOANIEST starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEIMNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found MOANIEST?
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 156 - and most players walked straight past it.
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