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MOPSTICK
Definition of MOPSTICK
noun
The long handle of a mop.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mop + stick.
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.
MOPSTICK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 97, 25 August 2026.
Built from these letters
MOPSTICK starts with M and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CIKMOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MOPSTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MOPSTICK?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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