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MORSEL

/ˈmɔːsəl/6 letters

Definition of MORSEL

noun

A small fragment or share of something, commonly applied to food.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English morsel, from Old French morsel, from Medieval Latin morsellum (“a bit, a little piece”), diminutive of Latin morsum (“a bit”), neuter of morsus, perfect passive participle of mordeo (“to bite”). Compare French morceau, whence the English doublet morceau.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

MORSEL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 27 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
27
Boards found on
7
First board
102
Latest board
19
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.

Built from these letters

MORSEL
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MORSEL starts with M and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ELMORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start MORSEL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

MORSELSMORSELEDMORSELINGMORSELLEDMORSELLING

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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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.

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