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MUSKETS
Definition of MUSKETS
noun
plural of musket
noun
A kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted; ultimately superseded by the rifle.
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Word DNA
MUSKETS inherits its ancestry from its root, MUSKET.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,318)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MUSKET · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Portuguese, Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MUSKETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
MUSKETS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EKMSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start MUSKET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MUSKETS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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