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MOUSIER
Definition of MOUSIER
adjective
comparative form of mousy: more mousy
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Word DNA
MOUSIER 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 (741)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MOUSE · 12 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish.
MOUSIER in a sentence
“When it comes to women in business, there is a common assumption that being super-rich and beautiful, with long blonde hair and an elegant 5'11 frame, usually means you are not taken as seriously as your male or mousier colleagues.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MOUSIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 98 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOUSIER starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EIMORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MOUSIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found MOUSIER?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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