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MUSKRAT
Definition of MUSKRAT
noun
A semiaquatic rodent of the tribe Ondatrini.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Perhaps so called for its musky odour and because it resembles a rat, or perhaps called by an Algonquian name like the Abenaki moskwas, with the spelling altered under the influence of the English words musk and rat.
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.
MUSKRAT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 135 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUSKRAT starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AKMRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MUSKRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MUSKRAT?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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