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MURDEROUS

/ˈmɜːdəɹəs/9 letters

Definition of MURDEROUS

adjective

Of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers.

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Where it comes from

From murder + -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns denoting possession or presence of a quality).

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Word DNA

How it is built

adjective3 syllablescompound-ous

Same root, MURD · 7 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
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Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MURDEROUS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 169
Its one board, across 169 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
141
First board
28
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.

First ever to find it

elm

on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

MURDEROUS
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

MURDEROUS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEMORRSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and R appear more than once.

Words that start MURDER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

MURDERMURDERSMURDEREDMURDEREEMURDERERMURDEREESMURDERERSMURDERESSMURDERINGMURDERBALLMURDERINGSMURDERBALLS

Could you have found MURDEROUS?

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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.

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