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MPOX
Definition of MPOX
noun
A viral disease, of primates and some other mammals, related to smallpox, caused by Orthopoxvirus monkeypox.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Clipping of monkeypox coined in 2022, chosen in order to discourage racist and stigmatizing interpretations of that word. Coined by Montreal-based RÉZO, in consultation with other Canadian organizations, in parallel with the effort to change the French term. More at Wikipedia (mpox § Nomenclature).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MPOX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 123, 20 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 123, 20 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MPOX starts with M and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read MOPX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found MPOX?
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 123 - and most players walked straight past it.
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