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MOONED
Definition of MOONED
verb
simple past and past participle of moon
proper noun
Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”).
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Where it comes from
From moon + -ed.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MOON · 17 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.
MOONED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 44, 3 July 2026.
Built from these letters
MOONED starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEMNOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found MOONED?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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