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MUSKEG
Definition of MUSKEG
noun
A terrain composed of peat bog with tussocky meadow and woody vegetation including spruce.
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Where it comes from
From Cree ᒪᐢᑫᐠ (maskek).
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.
MUSKEG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 86, 14 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUSKEG starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGKMSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MUSKEG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MUSKEG?
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 86 - and most players walked straight past it.
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