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MUDSKIPPER
Definition of MUDSKIPPER
noun
Any of various gobies of the subfamily Oxudercinae that are able to survive out of water by breathing through their skins and having strong pectoral fins that act as simple legs.
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Where it comes from
From mud + skipper.
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.
MUDSKIPPER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUDSKIPPER starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEIKMPPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MUDSKI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MUDSKIPPER?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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