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MOSAIC
Definition of MOSAIC
noun
A piece of artwork created by placing colored pieces (usually tiles, either regular or irregular in shape) in a pattern so as to create a picture.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French mosaïque, from Italian mosaico, from Medieval Latin musaicum, from Late Latin musivum (opus), from Latin museum, musaeum, probably from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)). Doublet of museum.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,569)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MOSAIC · 6 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MOSAIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 58 boards so far. 131 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MOSAIC starts with M and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACIMOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MOSAIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found MOSAIC?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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