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MOONLESS
Definition of MOONLESS
adjective
During which no phase of the Moon is visible to provide light, whether because of cloud cover or because of a new moon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From moon + -less.
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.
MOONLESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOONLESS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ELMNOOSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found MOONLESS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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