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MUCINOID
Definition of MUCINOID
adjective
Resembling mucin.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mucin + -oid.
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.
MUCINOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MUCINOID starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDIIMNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MUCINO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found MUCINOID?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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