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MORIBUND
Definition of MORIBUND
adjective
Approaching death; about to die; dying; expiring.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin moribundus (“dying”).
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.
MORIBUND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 259 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MORIBUND starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDIMNORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MORIBU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found MORIBUND?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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