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MUSK
Definition of MUSK
noun
A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English muske, borrowed from Old French musc, from Late Latin muscus, from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mwšk' /muʃk/) whence Persian مشک (mošk). Ultimately from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”), the shape of the gland of animals secreting the substance being compared to human testicles, a diminutive of मूष् (mūṣ, “mouse”), the shape of human testicles being compared to mice, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s (“mouse”). Cognate with mouse.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MUSK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MUSK starts with M and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read KMSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MUSK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found MUSK?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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