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MUCID
Definition of MUCID
adjective
Musty; mouldy; slimy or mucous.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin mucidus, from Latin mucus (“mucus”). See mucus, and compare moist.
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.
MUCID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUCID starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDIMU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MUCID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found MUCID?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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