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MUDCAPS
Definition of MUDCAPS
noun
plural of mudcap
noun
An explosive charge covered in mud, sand, or similar material before detonation, instead of being placed in a borehole.
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Word DNA
MUDCAPS inherits its ancestry from its root, MUDCAP.
How it is built
Same root, MUDCAP · 2 relatives 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.
MUDCAPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 43 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUDCAPS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDMPSU - 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.
Could you have found MUDCAPS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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