The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
MUSICOLOGY
Definition of MUSICOLOGY
noun
The scholarly or scientific study of music, as in historical research, music theory, or the physical nature of sound.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From music + -logy.
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.
MUSICOLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUSICOLOGY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CGILMOOSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start MUSICO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MUSICOLOGY?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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