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MOISTURE
Definition of MOISTURE
noun
That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English moisture, from Old French moistour (“moisture, dampness, wetness”). Compare French moiteur.
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.
MOISTURE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 69 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 5, 26 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOISTURE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIMORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MOISTU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found MOISTURE?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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