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MOONRISE
Definition of MOONRISE
noun
The time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From moon + rise.
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.
MOONRISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
MOONRISE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIMNOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MOONRI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found MOONRISE?
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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