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MOSSING
Definition of MOSSING
verb
present participle and gerund of moss
MOSS
noun
Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta (formerly division Musci).
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Word DNA
MOSSING inherits its ancestry from its root, MOSS.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,895)
How it is built
Same root, MOSS · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Czech, Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian, Polish, Russian and 1 more.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MOSSING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOSSING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIMNOSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MOSSIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MOSSING?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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