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MUCORS
Definition of MUCORS
Wiktionary has no entry for MUCORS itself. This is its base word, MUCOR.
noun
The property of being mucid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for MUCOR.
Borrowed from Latin mucor.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MUCOR · 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.
MUCORS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUCORS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CMORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found MUCORS?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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