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MUCINOUS
Definition of MUCINOUS
adjective
Of, pertaining to, containing, or producing (one or more) mucins.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mucin + -ous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MUCINOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUCINOUS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CIMNOSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start MUCINO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MUCINOUS?
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 79 - and most players walked straight past it.
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