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MUCILAGE
Definition of MUCILAGE
noun
A thick gluey substance (gum) produced by many plants and some microorganisms.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English muscilage, mussillage, from Middle French mucilage (“viscous substance found in vegetable material”), from Late Latin mūcilāgō (“musty or moldy juice”). See Greek μούχλα (moúchla, “mold”), and related derivatives, for example mushroom, from *meus- (“mosses, mold, mildew”).
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.
MUCILAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 60 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUCILAGE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEGILMU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MUCILA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found MUCILAGE?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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