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MUONS
Definition of MUONS
noun
plural of muon
noun
An unstable elementary particle in the lepton family, having similar properties to the electron but with a mass 207 times greater.
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Word DNA
MUONS inherits its ancestry from its root, MUON.
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2%
of traced words share this origin (575)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MUON · 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.
MUONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 125 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUONS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read MNOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found MUONS?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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