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MODULUS
Definition of MODULUS
noun
The base with respect to which a congruence is computed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from French module as Latin modulus. Doublet of module and mold.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MODULUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MODULUS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DLMOSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found MODULUS?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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