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MOONLIKE
Definition of MOONLIKE
adjective
Resembling the Moon, or a moon
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From moon + -like. Compare Middle English mone-lich, Old English mōnelīċ (“lunar”).
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.
MOONLIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOONLIKE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIKLMNOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MOONLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found MOONLIKE?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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