The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.

MOONY

/ˈmuni/5 letters

Definition of MOONY

adjective

Resembling the Moon.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From moon + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompound

Same root, MOONY · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MOONY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 55 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 152
Its 30 boards, across 152 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
30
Boards found on
25
First board
147
Latest board
13
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

ayakattackPATRON

on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

MOONY
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

MOONY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read MNOOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.

Could you have found MOONY?

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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.

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