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MOONISH
Definition of MOONISH
adjective
Like or resembling the moon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English monyssh; equivalent to moon + -ish. Piecewise doublet of meniscus.
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.
MOONISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOONISH starts with M and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read HIMNOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found MOONISH?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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