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MOIRE
Definition of MOIRE
noun
Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French moire, itself from English mohair.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,135)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MOIRE · 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.
MOIRE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 50 boards so far. 150 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MOIRE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIMOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found MOIRE?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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