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MOUSEPAD
Definition of MOUSEPAD
noun
Alternative spelling of mouse pad.
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Word DNA
MOUSEPAD inherits its ancestry from its root, MOUSE.
Line of descent
- Sanskrit
- Persian
- Russian
- Spanish
- Latin
- Ancient Greek
- Old Norse
- Dutch
- Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Germanic
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
12 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (775)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MOUSE · 14 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MOUSEPAD in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 137 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOUSEPAD starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEMOPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MOUSEP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found MOUSEPAD?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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