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MOPSTICKS

9 letters

Definition of MOPSTICKS

noun

plural of mopstick

MOPSTICK

noun

The long handle of a mop.

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Word DNA

MOPSTICKS inherits its ancestry from its root, MOPSTICK.

How it is built

nouncompound

Same root, MOPSTICK · 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.

MOPSTICKS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 178
Its one board, across 178 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
140
First board
38
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.

First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.

Built from these letters

MOPSTICKS
9
Letters
2
Vowels
7
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MOPSTICKS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CIKMOPSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.

Words that start MOPSTI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found MOPSTICKS?

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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.

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