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MUDCAP
Definition of MUDCAP
noun
An explosive charge covered in mud, sand, or similar material before detonation, instead of being placed in a borehole.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mud + cap.
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.
MUDCAP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUDCAP starts with M and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read ACDMPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MUDCAP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found MUDCAP?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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