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MUCILAGE
Definition of MUCILAGE
noun
A thick gluey substance (gum) produced by many plants and some microorganisms.
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Other senses
MUCILAGE carries 4 further meanings.
noun
Any of various viscous, water-soluble polysaccharides produced by certain plants, algae, and microorganisms.
noun
A sticky substance used as an adhesive.
noun
Moldi-ness; mustiness; rottenness; a slimy mass.
noun
Gum extracted from the seeds, roots, and bark of plants.
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”).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,861)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MUCILAGE · 1 relative in the game
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 59 boards so far. 161 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
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 mean much the same
Near-synonyms of MUCILAGE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
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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