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MOONSTRUCK
Definition of MOONSTRUCK
adjective
Of a person: perverted or insane, originally supposedly due to the influence of the Moon; compare lunatic.
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Where it comes from
From moon + struck (adjective), possibly coined by the English poet and polemicist John Milton (1608–1674): see the quotation. Compare Byzantine Greek σεληνόβλητος (selēnóblētos), σεληνόπληκτος (selēnóplēktos), German mondsüchtig, and German Low German maansüchtig, which also refer to being struck by the moon.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MOONSTRUCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 58, 17 July 2026.
Built from these letters
MOONSTRUCK starts with M and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CKMNOORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MOONST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found MOONSTRUCK?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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