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MOXIBUSTION
Definition of MOXIBUSTION
noun
The burning of moxa against the skin to treat pain or illness.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of moxa (“mugwort”) + combustion, literally “burning of mugwort”, with the connecting -i- usual in Latinate vocabulary.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MOXIBUSTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 72 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOXIBUSTION starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BIIMNOOSTUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found MOXIBUSTION?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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