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MOUSY

/ˈmaʊsi/5 letters

Definition of MOUSY

adjective

Resembling a mouse.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From mouse + -y (forms adjectives from nouns).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MOUSY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 111
Its 18 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
18
Boards found on
33
First board
108
Latest board
26
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

laurendanger

on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

MOUSY
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

MOUSY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read MOSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Could you have found MOUSY?

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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.

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