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MURAL
Definition of MURAL
noun
A large painting, usually drawn on a wall.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French mural, from Latin muralis, from murus (“wall”).
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.
MURAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MURAL starts with M and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ALMRU - 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.
Words that start MURAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found MURAL?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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