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MOPING
Definition of MOPING
verb
present participle and gerund of mope
verb
To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk.
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Word DNA
MOPING inherits its ancestry from its root, MOPE.
Line of descent
- German
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,654)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MOPE · 14 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, French, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MOPING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MOPING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIMNOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found MOPING?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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