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MOONSEED
Definition of MOONSEED
noun
A twining plant of the genera Menispermum or Cocculus, in the family Menispermaceae.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Calque of translingual Menispermum, first attested in 1739. By surface analysis, moon + seed, in reference to the crescent shape of their seeds.
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.
MOONSEED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 99, 27 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOONSEED starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEMNOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear 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 MOONSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MOONSEED?
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 99 - and most players walked straight past it.
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