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MOONING
Definition of MOONING
noun
The act of showing one's buttocks.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The usage of "mooning" to refer to the act reflected the use of "moon" as a metaphor for "the buttocks" since 1743. It was popularised from American student slang in the 1960s.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MOON · 19 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.
MOONING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOONING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIMNNOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and N appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MOONIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MOONING?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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