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MUSCARINE
Definition of MUSCARINE
noun
An extremely poisonous alkaloid, obtained from fly agaric, that disrupts the action of acetylcholine neurotransmitter.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the fungus Amanita muscaria, from Latin musca (“fly”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MUSCARINE · 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.
MUSCARINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MUSCARINE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEIMNRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MUSCAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found MUSCARINE?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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