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MUSCADINE
Definition of MUSCADINE
noun
An American vine of the subgenus Vitis subg. Muscadinia, Vitis rotundifolia
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Other senses
MUSCADINE carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A woody vine (Vitis rotundifolia) of the southeast United States, bearing a thick-skinned musky grape used to make juice and wine.
noun
Same as muscadel.
Of the color of muscadel.
noun
A name given to several very different kinds of grapes, but in America used chiefly for the scuppernong, or southern fox grape, which is said to be the parent stock of the Catawba. See grapevine.
Where it comes from
Uncertain, but probably from muscadel, muscatel, + -ine.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MUSCADINE · 1 relative in the game
MUSCADINE in a sentence
“Spoon generous amounts of the muscadine sauce over each one.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MUSCADINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 46 boards so far. 110 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUSCADINE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEIMNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MUSCAD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found MUSCADINE?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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