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MOUSIEST
Definition of MOUSIEST
adjective
superlative form of mousy: most mousy
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Word DNA
MOUSIEST 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 (773)
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.
MOUSIEST 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 1 day.
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
MOUSIEST starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EIMOSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start MOUSIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MOUSIEST?
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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