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MOONCHILD
Definition of MOONCHILD
noun
A Cancerian.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From moon + child, because the ruling planet of Cancer is the Moon. The term is used to avoid the negative connotations of the word cancer.
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.
MOONCHILD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOONCHILD starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDHILMNOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found MOONCHILD?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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